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Judith Butler (born 1956)
philosopher, sociologist, literary critic, women's rights activist, journalist, art theorist, gender theorist, social scientist
- Yale University
Mario Benedetti (1920-2009)
journalist, poet, playwright, politician
José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)
philosopher, pedagogue, sociologist, mathematician, literary critic, opinion journalist, politician, poet, translator, essayist
- Universidad Central, University of Deusto
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
poet, autobiographer, playwright, journalist, traveler, cut-paper artist, director, Fairy tale teller, librettist
- Slagelse Gymnasium, University of Copenhagen
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
poet, literary critic, composer, translator, autobiographer, economist, journalist, radio personality, literary historian
- University of Pennsylvania, Hamilton College
Annie Besant (1847-1933)
essayist, orator, journalist, editor, politician, feminist, theosophist, suffragist, women's rights activist, civil rights advocate, freedom fighter
- Birkbeck, University of London
Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)
poet, playwright, translator, dramaturge, opinion journalist
- University of Berlin, Faculty of Philosophy at Saint Petersburg State University
G. A. Henty (1832-1902)
war correspondent
- Westminster School, University of Cambridge