Washington Irving was America's first man of letters to be known internationally.

参考译文：华盛顿·欧文是美国第一位国际知名/著名作家。

欧文（美国小说家及历史家，1783-1859）

Washington Irving published graceful sketches and stories.  

华盛顿·欧文发表了不少优美的小品文和短篇小说.

短语解析如下

(1)letters  n.文学（作品）

(2)a man of letters  n.  学者，作家; 骚人墨客

He was known as a man of letters.  

他以文人知名.

Lu Xun might be called a soldier rather than a man of letters.  

鲁迅与其称为文人,无如号为战士.

He was a man of letters with no interest in current affairs.  

他是个文学家,对时事不感兴趣.

He is a man of letters.  

他是作家.

As a man of letters, Fraser tends to emphasise rhetoric at the expense of reality.  

作为一个文人, 弗雷泽往往为了讲究修辞而舍弃真实性.

Mr Miller gave up his career as a doctor to become a man of letters.  

米勒先生放弃了医生这一职业,成了一位作家.

Tao Yuanming was a man of letters and refined scholar in ancient times.  

陶渊明是古代的文人雅士.

He is qualified as a complete man of letters.  

他有资格当真正的文学家.

Doctor Hill is a noted wit , physician, and man of letters.  

希尔医生是个著名的才子, 内科医生和学者.

In Ming dynasty, Bashuidong was a tourism resort man of letters come of it.  

明代, 白水洞就是湘中的旅游胜地,文人墨客纷来沓至,多有赞咏.

Li Zhi was a well - Known thinker, educator and man of letters in the Later Qing Dynasty. 

摘要李贽是明代后期名震朝野的异端思想家 、 著名文学家和教育家.