doyenne
(en)
(noun) a woman who is the most respected or prominent person in a particular field (feminine version of doyen)
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doyenne
Maybe any writer who yaps about her work outside brief interviews comes off as a car salesman. Or worse, as if she’s touting herself as the doyenne.
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5 years, 3 months ago
Dawn Powell, the doyenne of oft-rediscovered authors, finally made it into the Library of America in 2001
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