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Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
playwright, philosopher, literary critic, essayist, journalist
- Saint Petersburg State University
Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
philosopher, essayist, pedagogue, translator, semiotician, literary critic, medievalist, literary scholar, historian
- University of Turin
Stanisław Lem (1921-2006)
philosopher, essayist, satirist, futurist, poet, physician, researcher, playwright
- Lviv University, Jagiellonian University
Ernst Jünger (1895-1998)
military personnel, entomologist, philosopher, diarist, journalist, poet
- Leipzig University
Jacques Cazotte (1719-1792)
philosopher
Charles Péguy (1873-1914)
poet, essayist, journalist, philosopher, playwright, military personnel, literary critic
- École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Lakanal
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
Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937)
poet, philosopher, journalist, literary critic, politician, literary scholar, critic
- St Benedict's School