diarist

[ dahy-uh-rist ]

/ ˈdaɪ ə rɪst /

a person who keeps a diary.

Origin of diarist

First recorded in 1810–20; diar(y) + -ist

di·a·ris·tic, adjective

Malala is the same age as another writer, a diarist, who inspired many around the world.

Profiles in Taliban Barbarism, Ctd. |Justin Green |October 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A gap in what the diarist is saying (“I love him”) and actually doing.

The Sex Diaries Project: What 1,500 Bedroom Diaries Can Teach Us About Sex |Jessica Bennett |January 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But for someone so well-known as a diarist, we hear remarkably little from Alice herself.

Great Weekend Reads: December 30, 2011 |Jacob Silverman, Michael Thomsen, Lauren Elkin |December 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Our royal Diarist offers none, but her family history is a telling apology.

Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess |Henry W. Fischer

It harmonizes with the complexion of truth, and truth is the first thing we ask from the diarist and observer.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 |Various
Certain it is that a large number of books formerly in the possession of the diarist have at times appeared in the auction-room.

The Book-Hunter in London |William Roberts
The diarist practised a different handwriting every day and wrote a style almost as varied.

Years of My Youth |William Dean Howells
The diarist is a self-important person, talking to himself and to the future, and conscious of his effect upon both.

The Joys of Being a Woman |Winifred Kirkland

diarist

/ (ˈdaɪərɪst) /

a person who keeps or writes a diary, esp one that is subsequently published