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 +[[Image:Edgar Allan Poe.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Edgar Allan Poe]], [[1848]]]]
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 +"If, as it appears to me, a book is [[communication]], the [[author]] is only one link in a unity of different [[Reading (process) |reading]]s." --[[Georges Bataille]] from his essay "[[On Nietzsche|Sur Nietzsche]]". --tr. unidentified
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 +[[Image:Charles Baudelaire.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Charles Baudelaire by Étienne Carjat]] (ca. [[1863]])]]
 +[[Image:The Poor Poet by Carl Spitzweg.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Poor Poet]]'' (1839) is a painting by [[Carl Spitzweg]]]]
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-The term '''''writer''''' can apply to anyone who creates a [[writing|written]] [[opus|work]], but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. Skilled writers demonstrate skills in using [[language]] to portray ideas and images, whether producing [[fiction]] or [[non-fiction]].+The term '''''writer''''' can apply to anyone who creates a [[written work]], but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. Skilled writers demonstrate skills in using [[language]] to portray ideas and images, whether producing [[fiction]] or [[non-fiction]].
A writer may compose in many different forms, including (but certainly not limited to) [[poetry]], [[prose]], or [[music]]. Accordingly, a writer in specialist mode may rank as a [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[composer]], [[lyricist]], [[playwright]], [[mythographer]], [[journalist]], [[film]] [[scriptwriter]], etc. (See also: [[creative writing]], [[technical writer|technical writing]] and [[academic]] papers.) A writer may compose in many different forms, including (but certainly not limited to) [[poetry]], [[prose]], or [[music]]. Accordingly, a writer in specialist mode may rank as a [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[composer]], [[lyricist]], [[playwright]], [[mythographer]], [[journalist]], [[film]] [[scriptwriter]], etc. (See also: [[creative writing]], [[technical writer|technical writing]] and [[academic]] papers.)
Writers' output frequently contributes to the [[cultural]] content of a [[society]], and that society may value its writerly [[corpus]] -- or [[literature]] -- as an [[art]] much like the visual arts (see: [[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[photography]]), [[music]], [[craft]] and [[performance art]] (see: [[drama]], [[theatre]], [[opera]], [[Musical theater|musical]]). Writers' output frequently contributes to the [[cultural]] content of a [[society]], and that society may value its writerly [[corpus]] -- or [[literature]] -- as an [[art]] much like the visual arts (see: [[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[photography]]), [[music]], [[craft]] and [[performance art]] (see: [[drama]], [[theatre]], [[opera]], [[Musical theater|musical]]).
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 +==Best-selling fiction authors==
 +:''[[List of best-selling books]]''
 +Among '''[[best-selling]] [[fiction]] authors''' to date include [[Miguel de Cervantes]], [[Alexandre Dumas, père]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Jane Austen]], [[Jack Higgins]] and [[Leon Uris]]. But no exact figure could be found, although there are indications that they too have more than 100 million copies of their work in print.
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 +==See also==
 +*[[Author]]
 +*[[Copywriter]]
 +*[[Cult fiction]]
 +*[[Ghostwriter]]
 +*[[Hack writer]]
 +*[[List of women writers]]
 +*[[Lists of writers]]
 +*[[Physician writer]]
 +*[[Professional writing]]
 +*[[Style guide]]
 +*[[Writer's voice]]
 +*[[Writing]]
== See also == == See also ==
*[[Jahsonic's literary canon]] *[[Jahsonic's literary canon]]
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"If, as it appears to me, a book is communication, the author is only one link in a unity of different readings." --Georges Bataille from his essay "Sur Nietzsche". --tr. unidentified

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The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. Skilled writers demonstrate skills in using language to portray ideas and images, whether producing fiction or non-fiction.

A writer may compose in many different forms, including (but certainly not limited to) poetry, prose, or music. Accordingly, a writer in specialist mode may rank as a poet, novelist, composer, lyricist, playwright, mythographer, journalist, film scriptwriter, etc. (See also: creative writing, technical writing and academic papers.)

Writers' output frequently contributes to the cultural content of a society, and that society may value its writerly corpus -- or literature -- as an art much like the visual arts (see: painting, sculpture, photography), music, craft and performance art (see: drama, theatre, opera, musical).


Best-selling fiction authors

List of best-selling books

Among best-selling fiction authors to date include Miguel de Cervantes, Alexandre Dumas, père, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Jack Higgins and Leon Uris. But no exact figure could be found, although there are indications that they too have more than 100 million copies of their work in print.

See also

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