essayist

person who writes essays
Intangible profession Q11774202
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essayist

Summary

essayist is a profession[1]. essayist draws 162 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #354 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • essayist's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • essayist is a type of prose writer[4].
  • essayist's Commons category is recorded as Essayists[5].
  • essayist's field of this occupation is recorded as essay[6].
  • essayist's field of this occupation is recorded as writing[7].
  • essayist's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Essayists[8].
  • essayist's product or material produced is recorded as essay[9].
  • essayist's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1609[10].
  • essayist's has list is recorded as list of essayists[11].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'esejistka'}[12].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'essayiste'}[13].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'эссеистка'}[14].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'esejistka'}[15].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'كاتبة مقالات'}[16].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'essayiste'}[17].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'eseistă'}[18].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lv', 'text': 'esejiste'}[19].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'есеистка'}[20].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'מסאית'}[21].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'eseistka'}[22].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Essayistin'}[23].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Essayistin'}[24].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sr', 'text': 'есејисткиња'}[25].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'ensayista'}[26].
  • essayist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'eseistino'}[27].

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Definition and Type

essayist's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. essayist is a type of prose writer[4].

Why It Matters

essayist draws 162 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #354 of 1,605).[2] essayist has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] essayist is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0432691-esejiste
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0432691-esejiste, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of this occupation → essay, writing
    Wellcome collection concept id → xhtnawfu
    Topic's main category → Category:Essayists
    Subclass of → prose writer
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539495305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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