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Marguerite Duras (1914-1996)
film director, playwright, autobiographer, journalist, women's rights activist, philosopher, director
- University of Paris
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
actor, poet, journalist, columnist, autobiographer, diarist
- Los Angeles City College
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
playwright, epistemologist, biographer, literary critic, essayist, resistance fighter, philosopher, peace activist, opinion journalist, intellectual, sociologist, lyricist
- Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure
James Ellroy (born 1948)
autobiographer
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)
teacher, reporter, journalist, autobiographer
André Gide (1869-1951)
journalist, film producer, essayist, playwright, diarist, translator, autobiographer
- Lycée Henri-IV, École alsacienne
George Harrison (1943-2001)
guitarist, singer, actor, horticulturist, film producer, composer, autobiographer, poet, record producer, film score composer, film actor, bass guitarist, musician, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist
- Dovedale Primary School
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
autobiographer, biographer, politician
- Harrow School, Winchester College