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writer

person who uses written words to communicate ideas and to produce literary works
Intangible profession Q36180
writer
Leonid Pasternak · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

writer is a profession[1]. writer ranks in the top 9% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,366 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: occupation[3]
  • Subclass of: author[4], artist[5], penman[6]
  • Commons category: Writers[7]
  • Field of this occupation: writing[8], autograph session[9]
  • Said to be the same as: Scribe[10]
  • Unicode character: ✍️[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Writers[12]
  • ISCO-88 occupation class: 2451[13]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[15]
  • Partially coincident with: homme de lettres[16]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox writer[17], Template:Writer-stub[18]
  • Main Wikidata property: P50[19], P2093[20]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Writer[21]
  • Different from: author[22], penman[23]
  • Has list: lists of writers[24]
  • Female form of label: كاتبة[25], escritora[26], яҙыусы[27], пісьменніца[28], пісьменьніца[29], skrivagnerez[30], escriptora[31], spisovatelka[32], Schriftstellerin[33], συγγραφέας[34], verkistino[35], écrivaine[36], skriuwster[37], haihára[38]

Why It Matters

writer has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] writer is known by 132 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 7w ago · LeoGe25 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kldb-2010 occupation code → 92434
    Pronunciation audio → De-Schriftsteller2.ogg, De-Schriftstellerin.ogg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Kldb-2010 occupation code: 92434, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/5192666|Autor/in / Schriftsteller/in (#5192666)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/88|KldB"
  2. 8w ago · Jeuwre · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → De-Schriftsteller2.ogg, De-Schriftstellerin.ogg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Schriftsteller2.ogg"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → writers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: writers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969231|writers (#289969231)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  4. 16w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → lists of writers
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Has list: lists of writers, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect lists of writers → lists of writers ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q13019738_Q698"
  5. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001624-spisovatele, h0009462-spisovatelky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009462-spisovatelky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  6. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001624-spisovatele, h0009462-spisovatelky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001624-spisovatele, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  7. 21w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esco occupation id → b06a1dde-e5a1-4219-9491-2bedd0282e4b
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33289|batch #33289]]: ESCO occupations, matched in OpenRefine (#4)"
  8. 23w ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Library of congress authority id → sh85009793
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Library of congress authority id: sh85009793"
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