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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
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Georges Simenon (1903-1989)
journalist, photographer
Peter Drucker (1909-2005)
columnist, economist, journalist, lawyer, sculptor, businessperson, philosopher
- Goethe University Frankfurt
William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
journalist, essayist, playwright, literary critic, biographer
Bret Harte (1836-1902)
poet, journalist, typesetter, playwright