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poets who wrote autobiography
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Herman Melville (1819-1891)
teacher, sailor, lecturer, poet, essayist, literary critic, art collector
- The Academy of Management Annals, Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
poet
- Columbia University
Bob Dylan (born 1941)
film actor, poet, guitarist, autobiographer, painter, record producer, film director, lyricist, composer, disc jockey, actor, singer, radio personality, designer, musician
- University of Minnesota system, Sidwell Friends School
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)
translator, journalist, playwright, poet, literary critic, historian, biographer, essayist
- University of Vienna
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
poet, governess, teacher
- Pensionnat de Demoiselles
Alfred de Musset (1810-1857)
poet, playwright, librarian, chess composer
- Lycée Henri-IV
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
playwright, poet
- University of Iowa, Washington University in St. Louis
Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803)
playwright, poet, actor, translator, stage actor, philosopher, art historian, aristocrat