муж. writer, author, pen, penman
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мн. literati лат. быть писателем – drive a quill, drive a pen, write for a living писатель-юморист – comic writer античные писатели – the ancients
м. writer, author, man* of letters
~ница ж. writer, authoress
~ский: ~кий труд writing, the work of a writer
~ский талант talent for writing