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Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
composer, librettist, conductor, essayist, theatrical director, autobiographer, poet, pianist, music critic, diarist
- Leipzig University, Kreuzschule
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
journalist, conductor, autobiographer, music critic, librettist, virtuoso, librarian, composer
- Conservatoire de Paris
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
playwright, librettist, lyricist, humorist
- Elizabeth College, Malvern House Preparatory School
J. M. Coetzee (born 1940)
linguist, translator, essayist, librettist, poet, critic
- University of Cape Town, University of Texas at Austin
Peter Weiss (1916-1982)
playwright, painter, director, film director, illustrator, essayist, graphic artist, librettist, film producer, musician, production designer
- University of Westminster, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
poet, autobiographer, playwright, journalist, traveler, cut-paper artist, director, Fairy tale teller, librettist
- Slagelse Gymnasium, University of Copenhagen
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
painter, playwright, film director, poet, actor, illustrator, librettist, voice actor, postage stamp designer, designer, photographer, composer, jewelry designer, ceramicist, director
- Lycée Condorcet
Paul Auster (1947-2024)
film director, linguist, translator, poet, essayist, autobiographer, playwright, musician, librettist, critic, editor
- Columbia University