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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
composer, conductor, librettist, musician
Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946)
playwright, poet, translator, librettist, literary critic
- Pamer, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna
Martin Buber (1878-1965)
philosopher, existentialist, translator, pedagogue, literary editor, Bible translator, educator, zionist, theologian, librettist
- University of Vienna, Humboldt University of Berlin
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
librettist
William Blake (1757-1827)
painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker, illustrator, philosopher, lithographer, printer, drawer, sculptor, librettist
- Royal Academy Schools, Henry Pars Drawing School
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
painter, playwright, film director, poet, actor, illustrator, librettist, voice actor, postage stamp designer, designer, photographer, composer, jewelry designer, ceramicist, director
- Lycée Condorcet
E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
literary critic, biographer, librettist, essayist
- Tonbridge School, University of Cambridge
Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793)
playwright, librettist, translator, poet lawyer, poet, director
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Padua