This is the 1050th most frequent Korean word.
작가는
"작가는" means "writer" or "author" in English.
Here, '작가는' identifies the subject of the sentence, 'the author', who is performing the action of writing.
작가는 책을 쓴다.
The author writes a book.
In this sentence, '작가는' refers to a specific author, and the sentence describes a characteristic of that author.
그 작가는 유명하다.
That author is famous.
Here, '작가는' describes authors in a general sense, making a comparison to artists.