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John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
theologian, poet, Anglican priest, Catholic priest, philosopher
- University of Oxford, Great Ealing School
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
Patti Smith (born 1946)
poet, visual artist, human rights activist, guitarist, singer, composer, musician, drawer, photographer, performance artist, recording artist, rock singer, rock musician, film director
- Rowan University
Uwe Timm (born 1940)
autobiographer, poet
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Hans Erich Nossack (1901-1977)
poet, playwright
- Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
Gottfried Keller (1819-1890)
poet, painter, chancery manager
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Heidelberg University
Eduard Limonov (1943-2020)
dissident, politician, poet, human rights activist, journalist, opinion journalist
- H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
Giovanni Papini (1881-1956)
poet, journalist, literary critic, biographer, philosopher