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Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
journalist, literary critic
- Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Brian Aldiss (1925-2017)
literary critic, artist, military personnel, bookseller, editor-in-chief, journalist
- Framlingham College, West Buckland School
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
Damon Knight (1922-2002)
literary critic, journalist, editor, critic, poet
Anatole France (1844-1924)
poet, librarian, literary critic, biographer, critic
- Collège Stanislas de Paris
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
poet, literary critic, composer, translator, autobiographer, economist, journalist, radio personality, literary historian
- University of Pennsylvania, Hamilton College
W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
poet, literary historian, playwright, librettist, literary critic, essayist, composer, translator
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Antal Szerb (1901-1945)
translator, poet, literary critic, literary historian, literary scholar
- Piarist Gymnasium of Budapest, Eötvös Loránd University