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literary critics who wrote autobiography
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Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
political philosopher, journalist, autobiographer, essayist, political activist, diarist, philosopher, literary critic, feminist
- University of Paris, Lycée Fénelon, Paris
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
Frédéric Beigbeder (born 1965)
actor, film director, publisher, literary critic, editing staff
- Sciences Po, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)
philosopher, translator, essayist, literary critic, sociologist, art critic, literary historian
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Bern
François Mauriac (1885-1970)
journalist, poet, playwright, literary critic, biographer
- École des chartes, Sainte-Marie Grand Lebrun
Arthur Machen (1863-1947)
translator, literary critic, journalist, stage actor, politician
- Hereford Cathedral School
Peter Rühmkorf (1929-2008)
poet, diarist, literary critic, lyricist