A person who has written a text such as a book, an article, or a study.
Pl. Autoren; weiblich: Autorinpl. Autoren; female: Autorin
Common phrases
Autor des Buchesauthor of the book
Autor des Romansauthor of the novel
Autor dieses Artikelsauthor of this article
freier Autorfreelance writer
Ansicht des Autorsauthor's view
Synonyms
Verfasserauthor
Schriftstellerwriter
Antonyms
Leserreader
Der Autor dieses Buches lebt in Hamburg.
The author of this book lives in Hamburg.
Wir haben gestern den Autor des Romans bei einer Lesung getroffen.
Yesterday we met the author of the novel at a reading.
2creator, author, makerfachsprachlich
A person who has created a work of music, film, art, or photography.
Synonyms
Urheberoriginator
Schöpfercreator
Kennst du den Autor dieser Fotografien?
Do you know the creator of these photographs?
Der Autor des Films hat auch das Drehbuch geschrieben.
The author of the film also wrote the screenplay.
3instigator, originator, authorgehoben
A person who brings something about or is the cause of an event.
Synonyms
Urheberoriginator
Verursacherperpetrator
Der Autor des Streits war schnell gefunden.
The instigator of the argument was quickly found.
Er gilt als der geistige Autor des Plans.
He is considered the intellectual author of the plan.
The word applies to books, articles, studies, and texts of all kinds. In everyday language, people often also say Schriftsteller when referring to novels. The word Autor is more general. For women, the form Autorin is used. Autor is pronounced with stress on the first syllable: Autor, Autoren (pl. with stress on the second syllable).
der Autor, pl. die Autoren; female: die Autorin
⚠Spell it Autor without an h, unlike the English spelling Author.