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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
Tzvetan Todorov (1939-2017)
historian, semiologist, literary critic, sociologist, geologist, literary theorist, essayist, critic, philosopher
Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000)
journalist, translator, essayist, poet, literary critic
Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917)
playwright, journalist, dramaturge, essayist, art critic, literary critic, anarchist, theatre critic
Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008)
actor, film director, audiobook narrator, literary critic, essayist, agricultural engineer, director
Maria Janion (1926-2020)
literary historian, literary critic, activist, translator, literary theorist
Adolf Muschg (born 1934)
literary critic, poet, high school teacher, literary scholar
Erich Auerbach (1892-1957)
linguist, librarian, translator, literary critic, romanist, literary historian, comparative literature academic
