writer and author

RedRose · Post by **RedRose** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:11 am

what is the difference between the two words?

how do we use them?

thanks in advance.

lekimtoan · Post by **lekimtoan** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:27 pm

i think it's the same.Author is a noun.Writer is from verb "to write".Because the relation with verb ,so there are many nouns come from verbs such as reader,work....

RedRose · Post by **RedRose** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:46 pm

thank you for your explanation. I very appreciate that.

ProfessorVerb · Post by **ProfessorVerb** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:13 pm

what is the difference between the two words?

how do we use them?

thanks in advance.

I agree that these words have essentially the same meaning, but there is a subtle difference I think. Anyone can be a writer (just look at me), but "authors" suggests, at least to me, that they have had something published in the public realm under their own name on a professional basis.

RedRose · Post by **RedRose** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:28 pm

thanks professor, now I think I got it by reading your explanation.

thanks, both of you.

shokin · Post by **shokin** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:37 pm

We talk (a little) more about author when we talk about a book. Victor Hugo is the author of Les Misérables, for example.

We use more the word "writer" when we talk about one person, what she is. Victor Hugo is a famous writer in the french literature.

We don't say "Victor was the writer of Les Misérables".

I don't say "Victor was a famous author in the english literature".

When you use "author", you think about the relation with the book.

When you use "writer", you think about the person and its context, its life.

Shokin

RedRose · Post by **RedRose** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:20 pm

Thanks, shokin. now it is pretty clear. from you guys' explanations, "author" mean "ZuoJia" in Chinese, and "writer" means "ZuoZhe" in Chinese

Coolfish · Post by **Coolfish** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:14 am

Hi RedRose,

I think what you said in Chinese is not right.

shokin's explanations are very clear.

When you use "author", you think about the relation with the book.

When you use "writer", you think about the person and its context, its life.

So I would say "Zuozhe" in Chinese for author, whereas "Zuojia" for writer in above stiuation.

GiddyGad · Post by **GiddyGad** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:02 pm

I think an author is the one who has crafted the thing he is the author of.
A writer, on the other hand, is the one who has chosen writing as an occupation.

Smiles,
GiddyGad