literary executor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of literary executor
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Before distilling the 309-page book into a two-hour stage production, Ruhl consulted Ritvo’s literary executor, the poet Elizabeth Metzger.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
Strange as it seems, Griswold was also Poe's literary executor, and he expanded the obituary into a biographical essay that accompanied Poe's collected works.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2023
"He listened and looked around him and read - he was a product of the public library system," explained Mr Collins, who was also Blythe's literary executor and one of his carers.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2023
She and Daniel Keel, Highsmith’s literary executor and founding publisher of Diogenes, were the first people —besides Highsmith’s snooping lovers — to set eyes on the journals in the Swiss home where the author died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
And then, to the surprise of a lot of people, he became Poe’s literary executor, which meant he had access to all of Poe’s papers.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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