nom-de-plume
Adopted authorial identity
A nom-de-plume is a pen name—a pseudonym adopted by a writer.
The term is borrowed from French, though actual French speakers say *nom de plume* without hyphens or use *nom de guerre* for any professional pseudonym.
George Orwell was the nom-de-plume of Eric Arthur Blair.
The English phrase *pen name* means exactly the same thing and is more common.
Adopted false name
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- monikerInformal designation for someone
- personaAssumed public identity
- alter-egoAlternate version of oneself
sobriquet · handle · nickname · byname · cognomen · appellation · incognito · disguise
Uncredited hired author
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
poet · journalist · biographer · correspondent · screenwriter · blogger · wordsmith · chronicler
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- VoltaireFrench Enlightenment satirist
- Lemony SnicketUnfortunate events chronicler
- O. HenryAmerican short story writer
Origin of written work
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- fictionImagined narrative work
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
prose · poetry · memoir · biography · essayist · narrative · epistolary · genre
alias
Adopted false name
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- monikerInformal designation for someone
- personaAssumed public identity
alter-ego · sobriquet · handle · nickname · byname · cognomen · appellation · incognito · disguise · mask
ghostwriter
Uncredited hired author
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
playwright · poet · journalist · biographer · correspondent · screenwriter · blogger · wordsmith · chronicler · storyteller
Mark Twain
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- VoltaireFrench Enlightenment satirist
- Lemony SnicketUnfortunate events chronicler
authorship
Origin of written work
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- fictionImagined narrative work
manuscript · prose · poetry · memoir · biography · essayist · narrative · epistolary · genre · critique
nom-de-plumereal name
Actual given identity
true name · legal name · birth name · given name · proper name
nom-de-plumeofficial name
Legally registered designation
legal identity · government name · passport name · byline · signature
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