HyperDic: escritora

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NOMBREperson escritora, autora, autor, escritorwrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
person escritora, autoraa woman author
Español > escritora: 2 sentidos > nombre 1, person
SentidoWrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
Sinónimosautora, autor, escritor
CasosA. A. Milne, Alan Alexander MilneEnglish writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
A. E. W. MasonEnglish writer (1865-1948)
Abraham Stoker, Bram StokerIrish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
Agatha Christieprolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
Aiken, Conrad Aiken, Conrad Potter AikenUnited States writer (1889-1973)
Alan Paton, Alan Stewart Paton, PatonSouth African writer (1903-1988)
Albert Camus, CamusFrench writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated / isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)
Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard HuxleyEnglish writer
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alexander SolzhenitsinSoviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918)
Alessandro Manzoni, ManzoniItalian novelist and poet (1785-1873)
Alex HaleyUnited States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back / back to Africa (1921-1992)
Alexandre Dumas, DumasFrench writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)
Algren, Nelson AlgrenUnited States writer (1909-1981)
Alice B. ToklasUnited States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967)
Alice Malsenior Walker, Alice WalkerUnited States writer (born in 1944)
Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce, BierceUnited States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914)
Anatole FranceFrench writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
Andre Gide, Andre Paul Guillaume Gide, GideFrench author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951)
Andre Malraux, MalrauxFrench novelist (1901-1976)
Andre Maurois, Emile HerzogFrench writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Rooseveltwife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
Anne BronteEnglish novelist
Anthony BurgessEnglish writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
Anthony TrollopeEnglish writer of novels (1815-1882)
Aragón, Louis AragonFrench writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982)
Arna Wendell Bontemps, BontempsUnited States writer (1902-1973)
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan DoyleBritish author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930)
Arthur Koestler, KoestlerBritish writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
Ayn RandUnited States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
Barthelme, Donald BarthelmeUnited States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)
Beatrice WebbEnglish writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
Beckett, Samuel BeckettA playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France
Ben HechtUnited States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946)
Benchley, Robert Benchley, Robert Charles BenchleyUnited States humorist (1889-1945)
Benet, William Rose BenetUnited States writer
Benjamin Franklinprinter whose success as an author led him to take up politics
Benjamin Franklin Norris jr, Frank Norris, NorrisUnited States writer (1870-1902)
Bernard Malamud, MalamudUnited States writer (1914-1986)
Bernard Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, ShawBritish playwright (born in Ireland)
Borges, Jorge Borges, Jorge Luis BorgesArgentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986)
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, Boris PasternakRussian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published / published abroad (1890-1960)
Boyle, Kay BoyleUnited States writer (1902-1992)
Bret HarteUnited States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902)
Bulwer-LyttonEnglish writer of historical romances / romances (1803-1873)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice BurroughsUnited States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
Cabell, James Branch CabellUnited States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958)
Canetti, Elias CanettiEnglish writer born in Germany (1905-1994)
Carl SandburgUnited States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)
Carlos FuentesMexican novelist (born in 1928)
Carson McCullers, Carson Smith McCullers, McCullersUnited States novelist (1917-1967)
Cecil Scott Forester, C. S. Forester, ForesterEnglish writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraSpanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)
Charles Dickens, DickensEnglish writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Lewis CarrollEnglish author
Charles Percy Snow, C. P. Snow, SnowEnglish writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
Charlotte BronteEnglish novelist
ChateaubriandFrench statesman and writer
Cheever, John CheeverUnited States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, G. K. ChestertonConservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion
Chloe Anthony Wofford, Toni MorrisonUnited States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931)
Christopher Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw IsherwoodUnited States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986)
Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. ChurchillBritish statesman and leader during World War II
Clarence Day, Clarence Shepart Day jr, DayUnited States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
Clive Staples Lewis, C. S. Lewis, LewisEnglish critic and novelist
Cocteau, Jean CocteauFrench writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963)
Collins, Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie CollinsEnglish writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
Cooper, James Fenimore CooperUnited States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851)
Crane, Stephen CraneUnited States writer (1871-1900)
Daniel Defoe, DefoeEnglish writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)
Dashiell Hammett, Hammett, Samuel Dashiell HammettUnited States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
David Herbert Lawrence, D. H. LawrenceEnglish novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
David John Moore Cornwell, John le CarreEnglish writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931)
De Quincey, Thomas De QuinceyEnglish writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)
Donatien Alphonse François de SadeFrench soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term 'sadism' (1740-1814)
Doris LessingEnglish author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy SayersEnglish writer of detective fiction (1893-1957)
Dorothy Parker, ParkerUnited States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967)
Dostoevski, Dostoyevsky, Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fiódor Dostoevsky, Fiódor Dostoievski, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor DostoyevskyRussian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss GeiselUnited States writer of children's books (1904-1991)
Dreiser, Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert DreiserUnited States novelist (1871-1945)
DuBois Heyward, Edwin DuBois Hayward, HeywardUnited States writer (1885-1940)
E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks WhiteUnited States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
E. L. DoctorowUnited States novelist (born in 1931)
Edgar Allan Poe, PoeUnited States writer and poet (1809-1849)
Edgar WallaceEnglish writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton, Edith Wharton, WhartonUnited States novelist (1862-1937)
Edmond HoyleEnglish writer on card games (1672-1769)
Edna FerberUnited States novelist
Edna O'Brien, O'BrienIrish writer (born in 1932)
Edward Estlin CummingsUnited States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
Edward Everett Hale, Haleprolific United States writer (1822-1909)
Ehrenberg, Ilya Ehrenberg, Ilya Grigorievich EhrenbergRussian novelist (1891-1967)
Elie Wiesel, Eliezer WieselUnited States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)
Elizabeth GaskellEnglish writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)
Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane, HaldaneScottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
Elmore Leonard, LeonardoUnited States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
Emily BronteEnglish novelist
Eric Arthur Blair, Eric Blair, George Orwell, Orwellimaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)
Erica JongUnited States writer (born in 1942)
Erle Stanley Gardner, Gardnerwriter of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970)
Ernest Hemingway, HemingwayAn American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, E. T. A. HoffmannGerman writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822)
Erskine Caldwell, Erskine Preston CaldwellUnited States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)
Esteban, StephenEnglish writer (1832-1904)
Eudora WeltyUnited States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001)
Eugene SueFrench writer whose novels described the sordid / sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
Evelyn WaughEnglish author of satirical novels (1903-1966)
Ezra PoundUnited States writer who lived in Europe
FarrellUnited States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979)
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, F. Scott FitzgeraldUnited States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)
Flannery O'Connor, O'ConnorUnited States writer (1925-1964)
Flaubert, Gustave FlaubertFrench writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
Ford Madox FordEnglish writer and editor (1873-1939)
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, Frances Hodgson BurnettUnited States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924)
Francis Richard Stockton, Frank Stockton, StocktonUnited States writer (1834-1902)
Francois MauriacFrench novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, La RochefoucauldFrench writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680)
Frank HarrisIrish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
Frank Morrison Spillane, Mickey SpillaneUnited States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)
Franz Kafka, KafkaCzech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
Franz Werfel, WerfelUnited States writer (1890-1945)
François-Marie Arouet, VoltaireFrench writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
GaboriauFrench writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873)
George Eliot, Mary Ann EvansBritish writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
George SandFrench writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
George William RussellIrish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935)
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon, Georges Simenon, SimenonFrench writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989)
Gertrude Stein, Steinexperimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)
Gibran, Kahlil GibranUnited States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931)
Gjellerup, Karl GjellerupDanish novelist (1857-1919)
Gogol, Gógol, Nikolai Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich GogolRussian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)
Gombrowicz, Witold GombrowiczPolish author (1904-1969)
Gore VidalUnited States writer (born in 1925)
Gorky, Maxim GorkiRussian writer of plays and novels and short stories
Graham GreeneEnglish novelist and Catholic (1904-1991)
Gunter GrassGerman writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
Hamsun, Knut Hamsun, Knut PedersenNorwegian writer of novels (1859-1952)
Hans Christian AndersenA Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
Hardy, Thomas HardyEnglish novelist and poet (1840-1928)
Harold Nicolson, Sir Harold George NicolsonEnglish diplomat and author (1886-1968)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher StoweUnited States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
Harry Sinclair Lewis, Lewis, Sinclair LewisUnited States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951)
Hasek, Jaroslav HasekCzech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923)
Hector Hugh Munro, SakiBritish writer of short stories (1870-1916)
Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Anson HeinleinUnited States writer of science fiction (1907-1988)
Helen Adams Keller, Helen KellerUnited States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months
Helen Hunt JacksonUnited States writer of romantic novels about the unjust / unjust / unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)
Henry David Thoreau, ThoreauUnited States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
Henry FieldingEnglish novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
Henry James, Jameswriter who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)
Henry Miller, Henry Valentine MillerUnited States novelist whose novels were originally / originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)
Herbert George Wells, H. G. Wellsprolific English writer / writer best known for his science-fiction novels
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, Marshall McLuhanCanadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980)
Herman Melville, MelvilleUnited States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)
Herman WoukUnited States writer (born in 1915)
Hermann Hesse, HesseSwiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
HigginsonUnited States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)
Hilaire BellocEnglish author (born in France) remembered especially for his verse for children (1870-1953)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell HolmesUnited States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)
Horace WalpoleEnglish writer and historian
Horatio AlgerUnited States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys
Howard PyleUnited States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911)
Howells, William Dean HowellsUnited States writer and editor (1837-1920)
Hubbard, L. Ron HubbardA United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986)
Hughes, Hugues, James Langston Hughes, Langston HughesUnited States writer (1902-1967)
Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster FlemingBritish writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
Iris MurdochBritish writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999)
Isaac AsimovUnited States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992)
Isaac Bashevis SingerUnited States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)
Isak Dinesen, Karen BlixenDanish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962)
Israel ZangwillEnglish writer (1864-1926)
Italo CalvinoItalian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987)
Ivan Turgenev, TurgenevRussian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883)
Izaak WaltonEnglish writer remember for his treatise on fishing / fishing (1593-1683)
J. D. Salinger, Jerome David Salinger, SalingerUnited States writer (born 1919)
Jack Kerouac, KerouacUnited States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969)
Jack London, John Griffith ChaneyUnited States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
Jacob Grimm, Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl GrimmThe older of the two Grimm / Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories
James Albert Michener, James Michener, MichenerUnited States writer of historical novels (1907-1997)
James Arthur Baldwin, James BaldwinUnited States author who was an outspoken critic of racism / racism (1924-1987)
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, James Joyce, Joyceinfluential Irish writer noted for his many innovations / innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
James BoswellScottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)
Jane AustenEnglish novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)
Jane JacobsUnited States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, RousseauFrench philosopher and writer born in Switzerland
Jensen, Johannes Vilhelm Jensenmodernistic Danish writer (1873-1950)
Jessica MitfordUnited States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
Joan DidionUnited States writer (born in 1934)
Joel Chandler HarrisUnited States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, SchillerGerman romantic writer (1759-1805)
John Addington SymondsEnglish writer (1840-1893)
John Barth, John Simmons BarthUnited States novelist (born in 1930)
John BunyanEnglish preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
John Cowper PowysBritish writer of novels about nature
John Dos PassosUnited States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970)
John GalsworthyEnglish novelist (1867-1933)
John Hoyer Updike, John UpdikeUnited States author (born 1932)
John IrvingUnited States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
John LylyEnglish writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, TolkienBritish philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
John SteinbeckUnited States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, Mario Vargas Llosa, Vargas LlosaPeruvian writer (born in 1936)
Joseph ConradEnglish novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)
Joseph HellerUnited States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)
Joseph Rudyard Kipling, Rudyard KiplingEnglish author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936)
Joyce Carol OatesUnited States writer (born in 1938)
Jules VerneFrench writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)
Karel CapekCzech writer who introduced the word 'robot' into the English language (1890-1938)
Kate ChopinUnited States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904)
Katherine Anne Porter, PorterUnited States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
Katherine Mansfield, Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, MansfieldNew Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923)
Ken KeseyUnited States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001)
Kenneth GrahameEnglish writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932)
Kurt VonnegutUnited States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922)
L. M. Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, MontgomeryCanadian novelist (1874-1942)
La FontaineFrench writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695)
Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, Ring LardnerUnited States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)
Laurence SterneEnglish writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)
Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George DurrellEnglish writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990)
Leigh HuntBritish writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
Lermontov, Mikhail Yurievich LermontovRussian writer (1814-1841)
León Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoy, Lev Tolstoi, TolstoyRussian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910)
Liam O'FlahertyIrish writer of short stories (1896-1984)
Louis Auchincloss, Louis Stanton AuchinclossUnited States writer (born in 1917)
Louis Untermeyer, UntermeyerUnited States writer (1885-1977)
Malcolm LowryEnglish novelist (1909-1957)
Malory, Sir Thomas Malory, Thomas MaloryEnglish writer who published a translation of romances / romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)
Margaret MitchellUnited States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)
Marie Henri BeyleFrench writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842)
Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne ClemensUnited States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
Marsh, Ngaio MarshNew Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)
Mary MacCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy, McCarthyUnited States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyEnglish writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women
MaupassantFrench writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)
Max BeerbohmEnglish writer and caricaturist (1872-1956)
Michael OndaatjeCanadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943)
Michel Montaigne, MontaigneFrench writer regarded as the originator of the modern essay (1533-1592)
Mordecai RichlerCanadian novelist (born in 1931)
Muriel SparkScottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
Nabokov, Vladimir NabokovUnited States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977)
Nadine GordimerSouth African novelist and short-story writer / writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923)
Nancy MitfordEnglish writer of comic novels (1904-1973)
Nathaniel HawthorneUnited States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
Nevil ShuteEnglish writer who settled in Norway after World War II (1899-1960)
Norman MailerUnited States writer (born in 1923)
O. Henry, William Sydney PorterUnited States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
Ogden NashUnited States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)
Oliver GoldsmithIrish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)
Oscar Wilde, WildeIrish writer and wit (1854-1900)
Owen Wister, WisterUnited States writer (1860-1938)
Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick WhiteAustralian writer (1912-1990)
Paul Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von HeyseGerman writer (1830-1914)
Pearl BuckUnited States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China / China (1892-1973)
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, P. G. WodehouseEnglish writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975)
Philip Milton Roth, Philip RothUnited States writer whose novels portray middle-class Jewish life (born in 1933)
Plath, Sylvia PlathUnited States writer and poet (1932-1963)
PlinioRoman author of an encyclopedic natural history
PlinioRoman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder
Rabindranath Tagore, TagoreIndian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)
Radclyffe HallEnglish writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
Ralph Ellison, Ralph Waldo EllisonUnited States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)
Ralph Waldo EmersonUnited States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
Ray Bradbury, Ray Douglas BradburyUnited States writer of science fiction (born 1920)
Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton ChandlerUnited States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
Rebecca WestBritish writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)
Richard Wright, WrightUnited States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression / oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
Robert GravesEnglish writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, StevensonScottish author (1850-1894)
Robert Penn Warren, WarrenUnited States writer and poet (1905-1989)
Robert William ServiceCanadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)
S. S. Van Dine, S.S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright, WrightUnited States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Salman RushdieBritish writer of novels who was born in India
Samuel ButlerEnglish novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
Samuel JohnsonEnglish writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
Saul BellowUnited States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)
Sherwood AndersonUnited States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
Sholem AschUnited States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957)
Sigrid Undset, UndsetNorwegian novelist (1882-1949)
Sir Walter Scott, Walter ScottBritish author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
Smollet, Smollett, Tobias George Smollett, Tobias SmollettScottish writer of adventure novels (1721-1771)
Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset MaughamEnglish writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)
Sontag, Susan SontagUnited States writer (born in 1933)
Stefan Zweig, ZweigAustrian writer (1881-1942)
T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward LawrenceWelsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks
Thackeray, William Makepeace ThackerayEnglish writer (born in India) (1811-1863)
Thomas Clayton Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, WolfeUnited States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938)
Thomas MannGerman writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955)
Thomas MertonUnited States religious and writer (1915-1968)
Thomas MoreEnglish statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded
Thomas Nelson PageUnited States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
Thomas PynchonUnited States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937)
Thomas Wolfe, Tom WolfeUnited States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)
Thornton Niven Wilder, Thornton Wilder, WilderUnited States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
Upton SinclairUnited States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
Van DorenUnited States writer and literary critic (1885-1950)
Virginia WoolfEnglish author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue
Walker PercyUnited States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)
WardEnglish writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
Washington IrvingUnited States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)
Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Karl GrimmThe younger of the two Grimm / Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)
Willa Cather, Willa Sibert CatherUnited States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
William GoldingEnglish novelist (1911-1993)
William S. Burroughs, William Seward BurroughsUnited States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
William SaroyanUnited States writer of plays and short stories (1908-1981)
William StyronUnited States writer best known for his novels (born in 1925)
William Wymark Jacobs, W. W. JacobsEnglish writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
Zane GreyUnited States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
Específicoautora, escritoraA woman author
biógrafa, biógrafosomeone who writes an account of a person's life
bosquejadorA writer of a draft
ciberpunk, cyberpunkA writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
co-autor, coautorA writer who collaborates with others in writing something
comediógrafo, dramático, dramaturgosomeone who writes plays
comentaristaA writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
enciclopedistaA person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
ensayista, escritor, literatoA writer of literary works
escenarista, guionistaA writer of screenplays
escritor a sueldoA mediocre and disdained writer
escritor de tragedias, trágicoA writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
escritor fantasma, negroA writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
escritor popularA writer of folktales
folletista, panfletistaA writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
letristaA person who writes the words for songs
libretistaauthor of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
literatoA fluent and prolific writer
novela góticaA writer of Gothic romances
novelistaOne who writes novels
periodistaA writer for newspapers and magazines
poeta, poetisa, versificadorA writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
poetiser, poetizer, versificadorA writer who composes rhymes
polémica, polemistaA writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
Generalcomunicadora, comunicador, comunicanteA person who communicates with others
Ingléswriter, author
Catalánautora, autor, escriptor
Adjetivode autorOf or by or typical of an author
Nombrescomposición, escrituraThe act of creating written works
Verboscomponer, escribir, integrar, redactarproduce a literary work
Español > escritora: 2 sentidos > nombre 2, person
SentidoA woman author.
Sinónimoautora
Generalautora, autor, escritora, escritorWrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Inglésauthoress
Catalánautora, escriptora

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