literati
noun /ˌlɪtəˈrɑːti/
  /ˌlɪtəˈrɑːti/
the literati
 [plural] (formal)- educated and intelligent people who enjoy literature- He was underrated as a writer by the literati.
 Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, plural of literatus ‘acquainted with letters’, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.