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Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)
occultist, esotericist, poet, musicologist, choreographer, literary critic, autobiographer, philosopher, teacher, playwright, organizational founder, architect, jewelry designer, pedagogue, sculptor, painter, theosophist, librettist, editing staff, editor
- TU Wien, University of Rostock
J. M. Coetzee (born 1940)
linguist, translator, essayist, librettist, poet, critic
- University of Cape Town, University of Texas at Austin
Tzvetan Todorov (1939-2017)
historian, semiologist, literary critic, sociologist, geologist, literary theorist, essayist, critic, philosopher
- Sofia University, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008)
actor, film director, audiobook narrator, literary critic, essayist, agricultural engineer, director
- Lycée Saint-Louis, Institut national agronomique
Maria Janion (1926-2020)
literary historian, literary critic, activist, translator, literary theorist
- University of Warsaw
Lev Grossman (born 1969)
journalist, literary critic
- Harvard University, Harvard College
Adolf Muschg (born 1934)
literary critic, poet, high school teacher, literary scholar
- University of Cambridge, University of Zurich
Erich Auerbach (1892-1957)
linguist, librarian, translator, literary critic, romanist, literary historian, comparative literature academic
- University of Greifswald, Französisches Gymnasium Berlin