著者|ちょしゃchosha[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounauthor (usu. of a particular book); writer
   この本ほんの著者ちょしゃは誰だれですか。↗

   Who is the author of this book?

• Synonym作者さくしゃNeutralThe creator of any work, artworks and crafts included; 「著者」 is limited to the author of a book.
• Synonym筆者ひっしゃNeutralThe writer of a particular piece of writing; also used within a text to refer to oneself as 'I'.
• Synonym執筆者しっぴつしゃNeutralSomeone who writes an article or book; also covers contributors who share the writing in a co-authored work.
• Synonym著作者ちょさくしゃFormalA formal legal term for the author of a work in the copyright sense.
• Related作家さっかNeutralA professional creator of artistic works, especially a novelist; 「著者」 just means the author of a particular book.
• Related文人ぶんじんWrittenRead 「ふみびと」; an old-fashioned, literary term for a person of letters or a poet.
• Related文士ぶんしWrittenA man of letters who makes his living by writing; carries an old-fashioned, bygone-era flavor.
• RelatedライターNeutralLoanword for a writer who produces articles or copy; the same word also means a cigarette lighter.
• Related著述家ちょじゅつかWrittenA person whose profession is writing books and putting ideas into print; found mainly in written prose.
• Related著作家ちょさくかWrittenA person who writes for a living; more at home in written prose than in speech.
• Related文筆家ぶんぴつかWrittenA person who earns a living by writing, such as an essayist; a written-register word.
• Related物書きものかきCasualColloquial word for someone who lives by writing, with a casual or self-deprecating feel.
• Antonym読者どくしゃNeutralA person who reads books or newspapers; the counterpart of the 「著者」 who writes them.

Use 「著者」 for the author of a particular book. 「作家」 is a professional creator, especially a novelist; 「作者」 also covers artworks; 「筆者」 is the writer of an article or other piece, or 'I' in one's own text; 「ライター」 writes articles or copy. 「著作者」 is the legal copyright term, 「執筆者」 includes co-writers, and 「読者」 is the opposite.

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1. その書物しょもつを書き著かきあらわした人ひと。