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Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
playwright, poet, essayist, translator, critic, stage actor, film actor, film director, theatrical director, model, political activist, civil servant
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Greg Kot (born 1957)
journalist, biographer, music critic, music publicist, coach
Volker Weidermann (born 1969)
journalist, literary critic, editor, television presenter
Edmund de Waal (born 1964)
ceramicist, printmaker, art critic, visual artist, potter
Jochen Schimmang (born 1948)
literary critic, translator, radio playwright, editor
HervƩ Le Tellier (born 1957)
journalist, poet, literary critic, mathematician
Philippe Soupault (1897-1990)
journalist, poet, playwright, librettist, political activist, essayist, critic, radio personality, publisher, artist, drawer, actor, broadcast journalist
Leah Purcell (born 1970)
actor, film director, film actor, singer, music critic, stage actor, playwright
