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Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
translator, librarian, literary critic, poet, opinion journalist, essayist
- Collège Calvin
Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
philosopher, essayist, pedagogue, translator, semiotician, literary critic, medievalist, literary scholar, historian
- University of Turin
Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937)
engineer, satirist, librettist, playwright, literary critic, opinion journalist
- Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute
Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936)
dramaturge, politician, journalist, essayist, literary critic, playwright, philosopher, opinion journalist, film director
- National University of San Marcos, Complutense University of Madrid
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)
literary critic, journalist, art critic, essayist, dramaturge, publisher
- University of Paris, Lycée Charlemagne
Walter Scott (1771-1832)
poet, playwright, linguist, translator, musicologist, biographer, judge, poet lawyer, lawyer, historian, literary critic
- University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh School of Law
Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
poet, literary critic
- University of California, San Diego
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)
playwright, politician, poet, literary critic
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge