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Discover LudwigThe term "man of letters" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a well-educated and literary-minded man, typically with a diverse range of knowledge and interests in literature, history, and culture. Example: "John was a true man of letters, well-versed in classical literature and fluent in multiple languages."
Idiom
Man of letters.
A man of letters is someone who is an expert in the arts and literature, and often a writer too.
Dictionary
man of letters
noun
A literary man
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Dorfman was a man of letters.
UPDIKE: America's Man of Letters.
of a Victorian Man of Letters.
I write like a man of letters.
"MAN of letters" was not how Gore Vidal described himself.
Modern Hebrew translates sofer as a "man of letters".
Moravia died in 1990, a many-laureled man of letters.
He is known to himself as a man of letters.
writer called the "first American man of letters".
The sweet, nondescript Osgood makes a believable man of letters.
Politician and man of letters Horace Walpole was a trendsetter.
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