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Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
autobiographer, diarist, journalist, playwright, literary critic
- Wedgwood Institute
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
playwright, epistemologist, biographer, literary critic, essayist, resistance fighter, philosopher, peace activist, opinion journalist, intellectual, sociologist, lyricist
- LycĆ©e Henri-IV, Ćcole Normale SupĆ©rieure
John Buchan (1875-1940)
journalist, politician, military personnel, biographer, poet, barrister, diplomat
- University of Oxford, University of Glasgow
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
journalist, translator, poet, composer, autobiographer, literary critic, literary scholar, librettist, dramaturge, pedagogue, teacher, man of letters
- Xaverian College, Victoria University of Manchester
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
essayist, autobiographer, diarist, literary critic, publisher, women's rights activist
- King's College London
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
essayist, autobiographer, social critic, diarist
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Technical University of Munich
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936)
playwright, poet, opinion journalist, dramaturge, autobiographer, journalist, diarist, politician, publisher
Sid Fleischman (1920-2010)
biographer
- San Diego State University