man of letters
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Literatureman of lettersˌman of ˈletters noun (plural men of letters) [countable] ALa male writer, especially one who writes novels or writes about literatureExamples from the Corpusman of letters• A man of letters, a man of love and a man of lies.• We regret to announce the death of a distinguished man of letters.• This was not the relaxed professionalism of the man of letters, but the stringent new professionalism of the academy.• The man of letters and the maiden aunt.