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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
philosopher, poet, composer, pedagogue, classical philologist, music critic, classical scholar, playwright
- University of Bonn, Leipzig University
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
journalist, essayist, autobiographer, literary critic, political scientist
- University of Oxford, The Leys School
Gao Xingjian (born 1940)
painter, translator, playwright, literary critic, film director
- Beijing Foreign Studies University
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
philosopher, translator, essayist, literary critic, sociologist, art critic, literary historian
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Bern
Arthur Machen (1863-1947)
translator, literary critic, journalist, stage actor, politician
- Hereford Cathedral School
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975)
film director, translator, actor, poet, journalist, playwright, film actor, film critic, director
- Liceo Luigi Galvani, University of Bologna
Hervé Guibert (1955-1991)
journalist, photographer, autobiographer, diarist, film director, art critic
Peter Rühmkorf (1929-2008)
poet, diarist, literary critic, lyricist