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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
poet, zoologist, translator, playwright, autobiographer, lepidopterist, literary critic, journalist, chess composer, chess player, literary scholar, entomologist, man of letters
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Graham Greene (1904-1991)
playwright, journalist, autobiographer, spy
- University of Oxford, Berkhamsted School
Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
journalist, playwright, publisher, poet lawyer, autobiographer, opinion journalist
- National University of Colombia
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940)
playwright, physician, satirist, librettist, journalist, theatrical director, actor, surgeon, biographer
- Bogomolets National Medical University
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
poet, diarist, biographer, journalist, teacher
- Prince of Wales College, Dalhousie University
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
poet, autobiographer, playwright, journalist, traveler, cut-paper artist, director, Fairy tale teller, librettist
- Slagelse Gymnasium, University of Copenhagen
Truman Capote (1924-1984)
playwright, autobiographer, actor, journalist
- Dwight School
Paul Auster (1947-2024)
film director, linguist, translator, poet, essayist, autobiographer, playwright, musician, librettist, critic, editor
- Columbia University