A talented or clever person (often male); a man of talent — somewhat literary or old-fashioned.
若き才子として彼の名は早くから知られていた。
He was known early on as a young man of talent.
その劇作家は才子と呼ばれ、作品に人々は期待を寄せた。
That playwright was called a 'talented man', and people had high expectations for his works.