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L. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000)
military officer, historian, essayist, literary critic, journalist
- California Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
poet, zoologist, translator, playwright, autobiographer, lepidopterist, literary critic, journalist, chess composer, chess player, literary scholar, entomologist, man of letters
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
war correspondent
- Stanford University
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
politician, playwright, drawer, librettist, essayist, illustrator, poet, art historian, opinion journalist, graphic artist
- University of Paris, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Lois Duncan (1934-2016)
journalist
- Duke University, University of New Mexico
Michael Bishop (1945-2023)
journalist, poet, teacher, essayist
- University of Georgia
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
playwright, historian, literary critic, teacher, poet, opinion journalist
- Imperial St. Petersburg University
José Saramago (1922-2010)
journalist, playwright, translator, poet, chronicler, essayist, diarist, literary critic, dramaturge, revolutionary