literary genius
Master of prose
Literary genius describes exceptional creative talent in writing—the rare ability to produce works of lasting artistic significance.
The term applies both to the quality itself and to writers who possess it: Shakespeare was a literary genius, Her debut novel showed flashes of literary genius.
Like most uses of genius, it implies something beyond mere skill or craft—an innate gift that cannot be taught or fully explained.
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
wordsmith · virtuoso · man of letters · novelist · poet · visionary · eloquence · prose · written word · creative writing · muse · imagination · Tolstoy · magnum opus · best seller · storyteller · luminary · craft
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
- Victor HugoLes Miserables, Notre-Dame de Paris, Jean Valjean, Quasimodo, Cosette
literary geniushack
Shortcut or breach
hack writer · pulp writer · penny-a-liner · sellout · ghostwriter
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