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Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)
teacher, reporter, journalist, autobiographer
Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
playwright, poet, essayist, autobiographer, professor, diarist
- University of Detroit Mercy, Rice University
Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005)
critic, jazz musician, radio personality, biographer, historian, journalist
- University of Oxford, Dragon School
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
poet, autobiographer, playwright, journalist, traveler, cut-paper artist, director, Fairy tale teller, librettist
- Slagelse Gymnasium, University of Copenhagen
Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)
film actor, film director, diplomat, autobiographer, film producer, television actor, stage actor, actor, theatrical director, television producer, director
André Maurois (1885-1967)
philosopher, essayist, historian, literary critic, biographer, critic
- Lycée Pierre-Corneille
Jerry B. Jenkins (born 1949)
biographer
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
actor, film director, television presenter, playwright, film producer, autobiographer, comedian, television actor
- Westminster School