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P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
playwright, librettist, lyricist, humorist
- Elizabeth College, Malvern House Preparatory School
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
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
playwright, lyricist, theatrical director, poet, librettist, literary critic, film director, director
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
painter, poet, composer, playwright, essayist, philosopher, artist, lyricist, singer, film director, freedom fighter, Nobel Prize winner, librettist, actor
- University College London, St. Xavier's Collegiate School
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
poet, autobiographer, playwright, journalist, traveler, cut-paper artist, director, Fairy tale teller, librettist
- Slagelse Gymnasium, University of Copenhagen
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
librettist
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
politician, playwright, drawer, librettist, essayist, illustrator, poet, art historian, opinion journalist, graphic artist
- University of Paris, LycƩe Louis-le-Grand
Colette (1873-1954)
journalist, librettist, playwright, actor