French writer
Gallic literary figure
A French writer is an author from France or one who writes in French.
The term appears constantly in biographical contexts: Camus was a French writer and philosopher.
It sometimes carries connotations of literary sophistication or intellectual depth, given France's celebrated literary tradition.
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- poetWriter of verse
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- memoiristAuthor of personal recollections
- literary criticAssesses written works professionally
aphorist · playwright · philosophe · man of letters · journalist · Académie française · social commentator · screenwriter · belle époque · Left Bank · librettist · autobiographer · existentialist · surrealist
national/linguistic origin
French writerEnglish writer
Author from England
British writer · American writer · German writer · Russian writer · Spanish writer
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