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Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)
philosopher, literary critic
- École Normale Supérieure, Harvard University
Hamid Dabashi (born 1951)
historian, professor, sociologist, literary historian, literary critic, journalist, film critic, peace activist
- Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania
Roxane Gay (born 1974)
essayist, journalist, editing staff, literary critic
- Michigan Technological University, Phillips Exeter Academy
Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968)
art historian, poet, philosopher, anarchist, literary critic, critic
- University of Leeds
Lu Xun (1881-1936)
essayist, poet, literary critic, Esperantist, translator, critic
- Tohoku University, Kobun Institute
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
journalist, philosopher, women's rights activist, autobiographer, social reformer, social critic, suffragette, peace activist, human rights activist, political theorist, sociologist
- Rockford University
André Maurois (1885-1967)
philosopher, essayist, historian, literary critic, biographer, critic
- Lycée Pierre-Corneille
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
poet, historian, translator, journalist, anthropologist, literary critic, essayist, collector of fairy tales, folklorist, scholar
- University of Oxford, University of St Andrews