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Inge Jens (1927-2021)
literary scholar, biographer, philologist, Germanist, opinion journalist, man of letters, social pedagogue, journalist
Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
journalist, social activist, editor, trade unionist, peace activist, autobiographer, suffragist
Michael J. Fox (born 1961)
television actor, film actor, actor, voice actor, autobiographer, blogger, television producer
Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968)
autobiographer
Joy Adamson (1910-1980)
naturalist, painter, environmentalist, botanical illustrator, ecologist, autobiographer, botanical collector, scientific illustrator, cartoonist, drawer
Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)
film actor, film director, diplomat, autobiographer, film producer, television actor, stage actor, actor, theatrical director, television producer, director
Tove Ditlevsen (1917-1976)
poet, autobiographer
William Allen (1784-1868)
biographer, educator
