literary executor

American  

noun

1. a person entrusted with the publishable works and other papers of a deceased author.

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Etymology

Origin of literary executor

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

This pursuit of this truth makes him not only a liberating literary executor but also a worthy moral educator.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Strange as it seems, Griswold was also Poe's literary executor, and he expanded the obituary into a biographical essay that accompanied Poe's collected works.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2023

"He listened and looked around him and read - he was a product of the public library system," explained Mr Collins, who was also Blythe's literary executor and one of his carers.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2023

Jackson’s son and literary executor, Laurence Hyman, calls the two undated stories “vignettes” she likely dashed off in her 20s during one of her daily writing sessions.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022

And then, to the surprise of a lot of people, he became Poe’s literary executor, which meant he had access to all of Poe’s papers.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman