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Author

Meaning in literature, with examples

/ˈɔːθə/nounCore term

In literature, author means: The person who wrote a particular book, poem, play or other text.

In Turkish: yazar, eserin yazarı

How it is used

Used for the writer of a specific work (the author of the novel) and in publishing contexts: author events, author photo, best-selling author. Critics debate the author's intention and the 'death of the author', a famous essay title by Roland Barthes.

Example sentences

  1. The author grew up in the same neighborhood where the novel takes place.

  2. We should not assume that the author shares the narrator's opinions.

Common collocations

  • the author of
  • best-selling author
  • author's intention
  • first-time author
  • meet the author
  • narratorThe voice that tells the story to the reader. It may be a character in the story or an outside voice, and it is not the same as the author.
  • literatureWritten works, such as novels, poems and plays, that are valued for their artistic quality and the way they use language, and the study of these works.
  • literary criticismThe study, interpretation and evaluation of literary works, including discussion of their meaning, form, context and value.
  • memoirA nonfiction book in which the author writes about personal memories of a particular period, experience or theme in his or her life.

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