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I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a fellow. I spent two years there. After that, George Gale made me literary editor of 'The Spectator.'
Peter Ackroyd

Meaning of "literary editor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LITERARY EDITOR

literary editor  [ˈlɪtərərɪ ˈɛdɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITERARY EDITOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Literary editor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LITERARY EDITOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Literary editor

A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews. A literary editor may also help with editing books themselves, by providing services such as proof reading, copy-editing, and literary criticism.

Definition of literary editor in the English dictionary

The definition of literary editor in the dictionary is someone who edits literature and books.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITERARY EDITOR


administrator
ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtə
adyta
ˈædɪtə
auditor
ˈɔːdɪtə
calculator
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə
co-editor
kəʊˈedɪtə
creator
kriːˈeɪtə
creditor
ˈkrɛdɪtə
data
ˈdeɪtə
editor
ˈɛdɪtə
generator
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtə
Greater
ˈɡreɪtə
inedita
ɪnˈedɪtə
later
ˈleɪtə
litter
ˈlɪtə
Meta
ˈmeɪtə
monitor
ˈmɒnɪtə
proditor
ˈprɒdɪtə
subeditor
sʌbˈɛdɪtə
traditor
ˈtrædɪtə
verditer
ˈvɜːdɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITERARY EDITOR

literalizer
literally
literalness
literarily
literariness
literary
literary agency
literary agent
literary critic
literary criticism
literary remains
literary theory
literaryism
literate
literately
literateness
literati
literatim
literation
literator

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITERARY EDITOR

assistant editor
beauty editor
city editor
commissioning editor
copy editor
desk editor
expeditor
external auditor
fashion editor
feature editor
internal auditor
managing editor
news editor
night editor
picture editor
programme editor
proveditor
secured creditor
senior editor
text editor
visitor

Synonyms and antonyms of literary editor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «literary editor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITERARY EDITOR

Find out the translation of literary editor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of literary editor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «literary editor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文学编辑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

editor literario
570 millions of speakers

English

literary editor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साहित्यिक संपादक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المحرر الأدبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

литературный редактор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

editor literário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাহিত্য সম্পাদক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éditeur littéraire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Editor sastera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Literaturredakteur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文学エディタ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문학 편집기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Editor sastra
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biên tập viên văn học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலக்கிய ஆசிரியர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साहित्यिक संपादक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Edebi editör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

redattore letterario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

redaktor literacki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

літературний редактор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

redactor literar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λογοτεχνική editor
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

literêre redakteur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

litterära redaktör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

litterær redaktør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of literary editor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITERARY EDITOR»

The term «literary editor» is regularly used and occupies the 86.872 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITERARY EDITOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about literary editor

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3 QUOTES WITH «LITERARY EDITOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word literary editor.
1
Peter Ackroyd
I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a fellow. I spent two years there. After that, George Gale made me literary editor of 'The Spectator.'
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F. Sionil Jose
For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages.
3
Lynne Truss
After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITERARY EDITOR»

Discover the use of literary editor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to literary editor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Letters and Memorials of Wendell Phillips Garrison: Literary ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Various, 2008
2
Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity
Ironically, Kandel took advantage of the opportunity for cultural visibility that Le Guin offered him to justify the invisibility of the literary editor: “If the editor is an artist, he [sic] is an anonymous one. He is invisible. The whole point as well is to ...
Lorraine York, 2013
3
Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy ...
Her biographers, however, skip over an equally important stage in her life: her nearly twenty year long career as a book editor. Jackie as Editor is the first book to focus exclusively on this remarkable woman’s editorial career.
Greg Lawrence, 2011
4
Literary Series in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1960 ...
... material and/or psychic. Yet the material often outweighs the psychic. It is of little comfort for a departing editor to be recognized in the "FAZ" or "Zeit" if he/she is unemployed. Beckermann concludes that the literary editor lives in a The Series ...
Mark W. Rectanus, 1984
5
Icons of African American Literature: The Black Literary ...
The literary editor for Crisis not only published his work, but also introduced him to the great patriarch, W.E.B. Du Bois (Watson 51). Du Bois's unique role as editor of Crisis made him extraordinarily influential in promoting the new talent of the ...
Yolanda Williams Page, 2011
6
Pound/Ford, the Story of a Literary Friendship: The ...
57 Henry Seidel Canby added a Literary Review to the New York Evening Post, whose literary editor he was. Later, as editor of the Saturday Review of Literature, Canby was to be the object of Pound's unmitigated scorn. His association with ...
Ezra Pound, Brita Lindberg-Seyersted, 1982
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Journal of Two Journeys
V E A R B 0 Editor Associate Editor Art Work Cartoon J Photography Compositor Compositor - - - Literary Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Literary Editor Distribution Prologue I  ...
Fifth Naval Construction Battalion
8
Media and Democracy
The role of the literary editor began to be redefined, from being concerned only with commissioning and writing book reviews to becoming a broker who recognises or responds to ideas for converting books into features, serials, excerpts, ...
James Curran, 2011
9
Lord Gnome's Literary Companion
The Guardian had none because nobody wants to have anything to do with its new literary editor, Waldemar Thing. The Newstatesperson didn't get it out on time (disorganised). The Literary Review missed altogether (drunk). However, those ...
Francis Wheen, 1996
10
Culture, Genre, and Literary Vocation: Selected Essays on ...
Poe served as literary editor for fifteen months in 1841 and 1842. He was succeeded by Rufus Wilmot Griswold, another transplanted New Englander, now infamous as Poe's hostile literary executor and biographer and throughout the period ...
Michael Davitt Bell, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITERARY EDITOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term literary editor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Harper Lee's Mockingbird follow-up novel sells 105000 copies on …
Robbie Millen, literary editor of The Times, suggested the work was "surprisingly provocative". He said: "Go Set A Watchman is not as polished ... «BT Sport, Jul 15»
2
Kafka's Metamorphosis: 100 thoughts for 100 years | Books | The …
Wolff recommended it in turn to Franz Blei, literary editor of Die Weissen Blätter. Musil wanted to see it for his magazine Die Neue Rundschau ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Texas Book Festival: First Authors: Margaret Atwood leads the list of …
Saeed Jones, the Literary Editor at Buzzfeed who grew up in Lewisville, Tex., will be representing his 2014 poetry collection, Prelude to a ... «Austin Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman is breaking Australian sales records
Fairfax literary editor, Susan Wyndham, has described Go Set a Watchman as "the seed of a more focused and inspiring novel...We gain a truer ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Reviewing Irish books: the good, the bad and the ugly truth
A long time later I was standing in for Caroline as Irish Times literary editor. A big name in Irish writing had published a new book. It had to be ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
Donald Then: Anecdotes, folklore, bits of wacky insight fill pages of …
Donald Then, a novelist and experienced editor and journalist, is NKyTribune's literary editor. He primarily reviews books by Kentucky authors ... «User-generated content, Jul 15»
7
New Harper Lee novel sells 105000 on first day
Robbie Millen, literary editor of The Times, suggested the work was "surprisingly provocative". He said: "Go Set A Watchman is not as polished ... «U.TV, Jul 15»
8
Was it worth waiting 60 years to read Harper Lee's debut novel, 'Go …
“It's a first novel, it's very much a first novel,” Eileen Battersby, the award-winning literary editor of the Irish Times told Pat Kenny earlier today, ... «Newstalk 106-108 fm, Jul 15»
9
Go Set A Watchman: First chapter of Harper Lee's To Kill A …
The teaser has been warmly received by critics, with Times literary editor Robbie Millen describing it as 'very promising' and Alexandra Alter of ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
10
Don Then: Walter Tevis, author with Kentucky ties, creates …
Donald Then, a novelist and experienced editor and journalist, is NKyTribune's literary editor. He reviews books written by local authors or ... «User-generated content, Jul 15»

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