Phrases with «literary executor»

A literary executor is someone appointed by an author to handle their literary works, rights, and affairs after their death. They ensure that the author's wishes regarding their writings, copyrights, and publication are respected and carried out. Full definition

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Sentences with «literary executor»

For 10 years, Max Allan Collins has skillfully and loyally acted as literary executor for pulp mystery master Mickey Spillane, who left behind a number of unfinished manuscripts after his death in 2006. (bookpage.com)
Whether as translator of Dante, bibliographer of Michelangelo, literary executor of Ruskin, founder and co-editor of The Nation magazine or editor of authors as remote from one another as John Donne and Thomas Carlyle, Charles Eliot Norton had both style and class. (nytimes.com)
Ironically, Smith based his own theory of ethics on Hume's ideas, and they became close friends, with Hume naming Smith to be his literary executor. (firstthings.com)
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Phrases with «literary executor»

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