The term DIARIST refers to a person who keeps a diary or journal. The crossword solutions for this term include PEPYS (5 letters), ROREM (5 letters), NED (3 letters), ANAIS (5 letters), ANNE (4 letters), SPEER (5 letters), and NOTER (5 letters). Samuel PEPYS was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament in the 17th century who is best known for his diary, which provides a detailed account of life in London during the 1660s. American novelist and essayist, Renata Adler Rorem, wrote a diary that was published in 1983. NED Rorem is an American composer and diarist whose diaries were published in three volumes between 1997 and 1999. Anaïs Nin was a French-Cuban author who wrote diaries that were published posthumously. ANNE Frank was a German-born diarist who wrote about her experiences during the Holocaust. Her diary was published in 1947. German theologian and diarist, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, wrote a diary while he was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. His diary was published in 1951.