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Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
playwright, philosopher, literary critic, essayist, journalist
- Saint Petersburg State University
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
playwright, actor, essayist, literary critic, politician, journalist, opinion journalist
- Phillips Exeter Academy, Sidwell Friends School
Boris Akunin (born 1956)
translator, historian, playwright, literary scholar, public figure, editor-in-chief, japanologist, man of letters, literary critic
- MSU The Institute of Asian and African Studies
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
playwright, translator, poet, painter, literary critic
- University of Nottingham, University of London
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)
translator, journalist, playwright, poet, literary critic, historian, biographer, essayist
- University of Vienna
Sebastiano Vassalli (1941-2015)
literary critic, professor, poet
- University of Milan
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887)
translator, historian, playwright, journalist, poet, painter, opinion journalist, drawer, collector, literary critic, national revival activist
- Vilnius University
Ivan Franko (1856-1916)
journalist, poet, cultural historian, playwright, translator, economist, literary critic, politician
- Lviv University, Chernivtsi University