literary icon
Renowned writing figure
A literary icon is a writer or fictional character who has achieved enduring cultural significance, becoming a symbol or reference point beyond their original works.
Shakespeare is a literary icon; so is Sherlock Holmes.
The term suggests widespread recognition and influence that transcends literary circles: She's become a literary icon, her face on T-shirts and coffee mugs.
- authorCreator of written works
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- classicOf lasting excellence
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- canonicalAccepted as standard
required reading · genius · timeless · novelist · poet · pen name · laureate · celebrated · influential · revered · muse · magnum opus · wordsmith · man of letters · visionary · prolific · acclaimed · immortal
- Literary Famerenown, bestseller, Nobel Prize, Pulitzer, Booker Prize
- TagoreRabindra Sangeet, collected works, The Fugitive, Nobel laureate
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