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Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
philosopher, essayist, pedagogue, translator, semiotician, literary critic, medievalist, literary scholar, historian
- University of Turin
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
Michael Cox (1948-2009)
biographer, teacher, literary scholar, literary historian
- University of Cambridge
Boris Akunin (born 1956)
translator, historian, playwright, literary scholar, public figure, editor-in-chief, japanologist, man of letters, literary critic
- MSU The Institute of Asian and African Studies
Silvia Bovenschen (1946-2017)
literary scholar, essayist
- Goethe University Frankfurt
Kirsten Boie (born 1950)
literary scholar
- University of Hamburg, Margaretha-Rothe-Gymnasium
Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937)
poet, philosopher, journalist, literary critic, politician, literary scholar, critic
- St Benedict's School
Dror Mishani (born 1975)
translator, literary editor, editor, literary scholar, man of letters
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev