A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres, and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society.
The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation o...
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Signature of Anne Frank
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signature de Marianne Alcoforado
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Title page of w:The Tempest from the 1623 w:First Folio.
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The Passion of creation
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The Ninety-Five Theses at the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg.
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Page one of the list of those involved in the Mutiny of the HMS Bounty.
Notebook and list of mutinee...
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„Modern Book Printing“, fourth sculpture (from six) of the Berliner Walk of Ideas on the occasion of...
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Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940
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About 50% of India's women are illiterate. What that means is that for everyday tasks like filling ...
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Celebrated Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer signs Vecka nr.II, a reflection of his poem "Galleriet," a...
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Manuscrito de una página de Un corazón sencillo, publicado por Flaubert en 1877.
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Portrait of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos by Francisco de Goya, 1798