Translation of "grand écrivain" to English

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Dictionary translations for "grand écrivain"

le grand écrivain m noun

pl. grands écrivains

great writer (groupe nominal, personne)

Je le tiens pour un grand écrivain.

I consider him a great writer.

Contexts with "grand écrivain"

Je le tiens pour un grand écrivain. I consider him a great writer.

Je pense que c'est un grand écrivain. I think he's a great writer.

Il eut l'honneur d'être présenté à un grand écrivain. He had the honor of being presented to a great writer.

Il a un grand bureau dans sa petite pièce. He has a large desk in his small room.

On devient bon écrivain comme on devient bon menuisier: en rabotant ses phrases. One becomes a good writer just as one becomes a good carpenter: by planing down one's sentences.

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