essayist
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concept
An essayist is a writer who composes short, non-fiction prose pieces that explore ideas, experiences, or arguments with a distinctive personal voice and reflective insight.
Observed surface forms (12)
- non-fiction writer ×24
- diarist ×21
- blogger ×8
- critic ×8
- pamphleteer ×7
- Italian writer ×6
- aphorist ×3
- cultural critic ×3
- LGBT writer ×2
- American essayist ×1
- French essayist ×1
- social commentator ×1
Instances (288)
- Zelda Fitzgerald
- John Ralston Saul
- Ralph Ellison
- Pablo Neruda
- Ki no Tsurayuki via concept surface "diarist"
- Kai Bird via concept surface "non-fiction writer"
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Bernard Lazare
- Attilâ İlhan
- Grigol Robakidze
- Emil Cioran
- Slavoj Žižek via concept surface "cultural critic"
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- T. H. White
- José Carlos Mariátegui
- A. S. Byatt
- Leigh Hunt
- Henry James
- İlhan Berk
- William Saroyan
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Melville
surface form: Herman Melville
- Olaf Stapledon
- Nora Ephron
- Bob Woodward via concept surface "non-fiction writer"
- Roxane Gay
- N. P. van Wyk Louw
- Truman Streckfus Persons
- Armin Ronacher via concept surface "blogger"
-
3rd Earl Russell
surface form: Bertrand Russell
- Marquis de Sade
- August Strindberg
- Haruki Murakami
- Clive James via concept surface "critic"
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- Madame de Staël
- Dorion Sagan