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Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
autobiographer, poet, fighter pilot
- Repton School, The Cathedral School
Alistair MacLean (1922-1987)
teacher, biographer
- University of Glasgow, Inverness Royal Academy
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
biochemist, autobiographer, journalist
- Columbia University, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
journalist, playwright, publisher, poet lawyer, autobiographer, opinion journalist
- National University of Colombia
Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
journalist, actor, film director, essayist, playwright, poet, film producer, film editor, historian, biographer, stage actor
- University of Paris, Harvard University
Paul Auster (1947-2024)
film director, linguist, translator, poet, essayist, autobiographer, playwright, musician, librettist, critic, editor
- Columbia University
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
journalist, poet, autobiographer, philosopher, biographer, illustrator, literary historian, essayist, playwright, opinion journalist, historian, literary critic
- University College London, Slade School of Fine Art
Ralph Delahaye Paine (1871-1925)
journalist, politician, biographer, humorist, essayist
- Yale University