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Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
autobiographer, diarist, journalist, playwright, literary critic
- Wedgwood Institute
Harold Bloom (1930-2019)
literary historian, professor, literary critic, journalist, literary theorist
- Yale University, Cornell University
Martin Amis (1949-2023)
memoirist, journalist, essayist, literary critic
- University of Oxford, Westminster School
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
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
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
essayist, autobiographer, diarist, literary critic, publisher, women's rights activist
- King's College London
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
linguist, poet, translator, literary critic, essayist, military officer, historian, illustrator, teacher, philologist
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford