literary executor
noun
: a person entrusted with the management of the papers and unpublished works of a deceased author
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Cooke had similar discussions about Wilder’s play text with Tappan Wilder, the playwright’s nephew, who was then literary executor of his uncle’s estate.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 July 2024
His death was confirmed by poet Greg Miller, one of his literary executors.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
And though Robert Nemiroff, her ex-husband and literary executor, did make revisions later, and the creative team of this revival has made additional ones as well, a satisfactory solution has not yet been found.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
As Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports, the collection contains around 120 drawings and more than 200 letters owned by Max Brod, a friend and fellow writer who served as Kafka’s literary executor.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2021
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 July 2024
His death was confirmed by poet Greg Miller, one of his literary executors.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
And though Robert Nemiroff, her ex-husband and literary executor, did make revisions later, and the creative team of this revival has made additional ones as well, a satisfactory solution has not yet been found.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
As Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports, the collection contains around 120 drawings and more than 200 letters owned by Max Brod, a friend and fellow writer who served as Kafka’s literary executor.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2021
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