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Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
political philosopher, journalist, autobiographer, essayist, political activist, diarist, philosopher, literary critic, feminist
- University of Paris, Lycée Fénelon, Paris
Alex Haley (1921-1992)
journalist, historian, genealogist, military personnel, biographer
- Elizabeth City State University, Alcorn State University
Judith Kerr (1923-2019)
illustrator, autobiographer, editing staff
- Central School of Art and Design
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
poet, philosopher, essayist, autobiographer, diarist, translator, abolitionist, naturalist, ecologist, environmentalist
- Harvard College, Harvard University
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
journalist, diplomat, autobiographer, businessperson, editor, suffragist, abolitionist, orator, film editor, caulker, politician
Edmund White (born 1940)
journalist, literary critic, biographer, memoirist, essayist, playwright
- University of Michigan, Cranbrook Schools
Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962)
horticulturist, poet, gardener, biographer
Charles Chesnutt (1858-1932)
lawyer, biographer