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Stanisław Lem (1921-2006)
philosopher, essayist, satirist, futurist, poet, physician, researcher, playwright
![Golem XIV [i.e. czternasty]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13314806-M.jpg)
John Cowper Powys (1872-1963)
poet, philosopher, literary critic
![Confessions of two brothers, John Cowper Powys [and] Llewellyn Powys](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6031458-M.jpg)
Philippe Sollers (1936-2023)
philosopher, publisher, essayist, director, audiobook narrator, literary critic, literary theorist
Valery Bryusov (1873-1924)
poet, translator, literary critic, literary historian, philosopher, playwright, historian, literary scholar
Jean-François Marmontel (1723-1799)
philosopher, politician, journalist, poet, historian, playwright, librettist, literary critic, encyclopédistes
![Select translations and imitations from the French of Marmontell [!] and Gresset](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/10009230-M.jpg)
![[Oeuvres choisies de Marmontel] ..](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/9663397-M.jpg)
Louis Bertrand (1866-1941)
historian, literary critic, essayist, teacher, philosopher
Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)
poet, philosopher
![Towards Democracy [by E. Carpenter]. Complete Ed](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/10963058-M.jpg)
William Angus Knight (1836-1916)
philosopher, biographer
