scrittore

Definitions of scrittore
  1. noun
    writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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    Jean Jacques Rousseau
    French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
    François Marie Arouet
    French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
    Henrik Ibsen
    realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
    William Shakespeare
    English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
    Emile Zola
    French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902)
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    biografo
    someone who writes an account of a person's life
    coautore
    a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
    chiosatore, commentatore, critico, recensore
    a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
    compilatore, enciclopedista
    a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
    drammaturgo
    someone who writes plays
    prosatore, saggista, trattatista
    a writer of literary works
    librettista
    author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
    novellatore, novelliere, novellista, romanziere
    one who writes novels
    panflettista
    a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
    cantore, poeta
    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
    sceneggiatore, soggettista
    someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
    tragediografo
    a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
    ritrattista
    a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power
    memorialista
    someone who writes their own biography
    corrispondente, inviato speciale
    a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
    dizionarista, lessicografo, lessicologo, vocabolarista
    a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
    poetessa
    a woman poet
    imbrattacarte
    informal terms for journalists
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    comunicatore
    a person who communicates with others
  2. noun
    a person who is able to write and has written something
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    giornalista
    someone who keeps a diary or journal
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