essayist

person who writes essays
Intangible profession Q11774202
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Summary

essayist is a profession[1]. essayist draws 3,452 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #354 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: prose writer[3]
  • Commons category: Essayists[4]
  • Field of this occupation: essay[5], writing[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Essayists[7]
  • Product or material produced: essay[8]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1609[9]
  • Has list: list of essayists[10]
  • Female form of label: esejistka[11], essayiste[12], эссеистка[13], كاتبة مقالات[14], eseistă[15], esejiste[16], есеистка[17], מסאית[18], eseistka[19], Essayistin[20], есејисткиња[21], ensayista[22], eseistino[23], есеїстка[24]
  • Male form of label: Essayist[25], saggista[26], hibalädan[27], essayiste[28], eseistas[29], esejist[30], كاتب مقالات[31]
  • Category for eponymous categories: Categoria:Categorie intitolate a saggisti[32]
  • Eligible recipient: essay award[33]

Why It Matters

essayist has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] essayist is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Irish Essayist · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'be', 'cv', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gd', 'he', 'ja', 'ko',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: profession"
  2. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0432691-esejiste
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0432691-esejiste, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of this occupation → essay, writing
    Wellcome collection concept id → xhtnawfu
    Topic's main category → Category:Essayists
    Subclass of → prose writer
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007539495305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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