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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
Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)
essayist, autobiographer, literary critic, music critic, journalist, critic, literary scholar
- Tuskegee University
Edmund White (born 1940)
journalist, literary critic, biographer, memoirist, essayist, playwright
- University of Michigan, Cranbrook Schools
Klaus Mann (1906-1949)
translator, literary critic, journalist, poet, autobiographer
- Wilhelmsgymnasium
Elke Heidenreich (born 1943)
television presenter, journalist, radio personality, literary critic, voice actor
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Hamburg
José de Alencar (1829-1877)
journalist, politician, lawyer, literary critic
- Law School, University of São Paulo
Robert Graves (1895-1985)
poet, translator, playwright, military personnel, literary critic, mythographer, theatre critic
- King's College School, University of Oxford
Giovanni Papini (1881-1956)
poet, journalist, literary critic, biographer, philosopher