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Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957)
journalist, poet, translator, philosopher, playwright, politician
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Ursulines School of Naxos
J. M. Coetzee (born 1940)
linguist, translator, essayist, librettist, poet, critic
- University of Cape Town, University of Texas at Austin
Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990)
poet, playwright, autobiographer
- Pancyprian Gymnasium, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
Michel Houellebecq (born 1958)
poet, film director, essayist, actor, photographer
- Lycée Chaptal, Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon
Spike Milligan (1918-2002)
comedian, journalist, stage actor, film actor, poet, actor, musician, television actor, playwright
Klaus Mann (1906-1949)
translator, literary critic, journalist, poet, autobiographer
- Wilhelmsgymnasium
Robert Graves (1895-1985)
poet, translator, playwright, military personnel, literary critic, mythographer, theatre critic
- King's College School, University of Oxford
Julius Caesar
orator, memoirist, ruler, Ancient Roman historian, poet, Ancient Roman priest, Ancient Roman politician, ancient Roman military personnel, politician, military leader, historian