woman of letters

American  

noun

1. a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.

2. a woman of great learning; scholar.

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woman of letters

A demimondaine with a shocking reputation, by the time of her death, in 1954, Colette was an institution, the first French woman of letters ever honored with a state funeral.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

Smaller but scene-stealing walk-on parts go to woman of letters Mary McCarthy, philosopher Hannah Arendt, journalist Murray Kempton, poets June Jordan and Sterling Brown, composer Virgil Thomson, and novelists James Baldwin and Norman Mailer.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022

But as a woman of letters, she is fascinated by Willy’s bustling literary fiefdom and soon finds her place in it, first as a proofer and then as one of his ghostwriters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2018

Playing Alice both as a willful teen and a more mature woman of letters, she’s an engaging touchstone figure, with a creamy vocal authority.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2015

I begin with this great woman of letters for both the two reasons already mentioned.

From The Victorian Age in Literature by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)