"authorship" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used to refer to the process of creating written works, or an individual's authorship of a particular piece of writing. For example, "Mary was proud of her authorship of the novel she published last year."
Samuel Beckett, thanks to the line containing the words "fail better", is enjoying a new and unlikely half-life among captains of industry, tennis players and motivators (amusingly, Richard Branson, acknowledging the quote's primary authorship, said "from the playwright, Samuel Beckett, but it could just as easily come from the mouth of yours truly").
He used the pseudonym R Mutt to conceal his authorship when he sent the work to an exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in New York.
"I want to be absolutely clear that at no point did anyone raise with me ownership of company, authorship of cabinet or donations to the Liberal party," she said.
On a front row that included Diane Von Furstenberg and Valentino, the gossip centred on one question: would Galliano accompany De la Renta on his final bow, acknowledging a degree of authorship of the collection, or would the internship turn out to be a mere footnote in the De la Renta story?
These essays are the fruit of seminars held in 1994-95, at which citizens from the eight Gulf countries exchanged views with a smaller number of westerners (a ratio that is not reflected in the authorship of the essays).
He calls the work (whose authorship is even disputed) "basically a little fascist handbook on how to use plausible ideas in order to totally destroy your fellow man".Some Chinese say openly that using ancient culture to promote soft power is a bad idea.
He laid down that his tombstone should record three achievements: his authorship of the Declaration of Independence; the statute of religious freedom in his home state of Virginia; and the establishment of the University of Virginia. Nobodyquestions Jefferson's decisive part in establishing liberty of belief.
It is the latter that should thus get credit.The feud over authorship is something of a novelty.
Walking the streets as though "seeking out my own centre", he realises that "I, too, could have something worthy of proud display, and the notion set me free .Kemal's tale is told over raki to Mr Pamuk, who breaks cover to reveal his authorship (having also danced awkwardly with Fusun at Kemal's engagement party).
Their thanks thrilled him, but he delighted more in scientific recognition, such as his co-authorship of a paper in the Annals of Neurology.None of it could bring his son back, or his wife Michaela, cancer-stricken and broken by the death of her son from a gene that she carried.
Will interference such as forbidding co-authorship with residents of the state's enemies, as happens in America under the guise of financial sanctions, become the norm An author-pays model is also likely to lower overall quality, as publishers who are willing to sacrifice quality for profit lower standards to gain market share.
