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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 Baldwin (1924-1987)
poet, playwright, civil rights advocate, essayist, social critic
- New School, Bowling Green State University
J. M. Coetzee (born 1940)
linguist, translator, essayist, librettist, poet, critic
- University of Cape Town, University of Texas at Austin
Alfred Döblin (1878-1957)
playwright, essayist, journalist, neurologist, poet, physician, medical officer, theatre critic
- Frederick William University Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
poet, journalist, literary critic, poet lawyer, publicist, essayist
- University of Bonn, Frederick William University Berlin
Klaus Mann (1906-1949)
translator, literary critic, journalist, poet, autobiographer
- Wilhelmsgymnasium
Sebastiano Vassalli (1941-2015)
literary critic, professor, poet
- University of Milan
Robert Graves (1895-1985)
poet, translator, playwright, military personnel, literary critic, mythographer, theatre critic
- King's College School, University of Oxford