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anthologist

American  
[an-thah-luhj-ist] / ænˈθɑ lədʒ ɪst /

noun

anthologists plural
  1. a person who compiles or edits an anthology.


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I have benefited for decades now from the work of the poet, translator and anthologist Arvind Krishna Mehrotra.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2022

Mr. Hoffman, who cultivated gay authors as an editor and anthologist, was also celebrated as the librettist of composer John Corigliano’s opera “The Ghosts of Versailles.”

From Washington Post May 2, 2017

One anthology to look up this fall comes from master anthologist Ellen Datlow, who takes on H.P.

From The Verge Sep. 1, 2016

Lummis is an ideal guide for this endeavor — poet, anthologist, long-time L.A. literary booster — although perhaps the most essential aspect of the book is her generosity.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2015

This last entry was written in red ink and decorated with a border of green-ink stars; the anthologist wished to emphasize its “personal significance.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

In her preface to “Inhabit the Poem,” she writes that the “popular belief that ‘gatekeepers’—publishers, university lecturers, anthologists, and advertisers—create the longevity of the authors we call ‘canonical’ is false.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

“I would prefer it if the textbook compilers and the anthologists would assume that I had written a few other poems.”

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2023

The anthologists are another reason for excitement: Ann VanderMeer is one of the best-regarded editors in the field – she’s a former editor-in-chief for Weird Tales who now acquires titles for Tor.com.

From Salon Jul. 16, 2016

John Mullan pointed out in the Guardian that, unlike many anthologists, Gross came up with the unfamiliar – less than 10% of his material had previously appeared in other Oxford anthologies.

From The Guardian Jan. 11, 2011

Now more than twelve hundred fans, authors, editors, artists, publishers, agents, anthologists, reviewers and readers of science fiction and fantasy registered for the Labor Day Weekend gathering of the clans, a conclave of the slans.

From Out of This World Convention by Ackerman, Forrest J.

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