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Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
poet, art critic, essayist, translator, literary critic, critic, journalist
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Saint-Louis
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
translator, librarian, literary critic, poet, opinion journalist, essayist
- Collège Calvin
Martin Amis (1949-2023)
memoirist, journalist, essayist, literary critic
- University of Oxford, Westminster School
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)
playwright, poet, essayist, translator, critic, stage actor, film actor, film director, theatrical director, model, political activist, civil servant
- Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
journalist, essayist, playwright, literary critic, biographer
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939-2003)
journalist, politician, restaurateur, poet, essayist, literary critic, opinion journalist
- University of Barcelona
Karel Čapek (1890-1938)
translator, director, photographer, playwright, journalist, philosopher, painter, literary critic, essayist, poet
- Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Humboldt University of Berlin
E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
literary critic, biographer, librettist, essayist
- Tonbridge School, University of Cambridge