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Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
autobiographer, diarist, journalist, playwright, literary critic
- Wedgwood Institute
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
philosopher, botanist, composer, choreographer, musicologist, literary, autobiographer, music theorist, pedagogue, naturalist, playwright, encyclopédistes, correspondent, political scientist, essayist, music critic
Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012)
poet, translator, essayist, mechanic, literary critic, critic
- Jagiellonian University
Lucy Sante (born 1954)
literary critic, art historian
- Columbia University
André Malraux (1901-1976)
politician, film director, film editor, art historian, journalist, art critic, playwright, archaeologist, resistance fighter
- Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Lycée Turgot
Max Aub (1903-1972)
playwright, poet, literary critic
Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012)
diplomat, lawyer, journalist, poet lawyer, playwright, opinion journalist, lecturer, critic, polymath
- National Autonomous University of Mexico, The Grange School, Santiago
André Maurois (1885-1967)
philosopher, essayist, historian, literary critic, biographer, critic
- Lycée Pierre-Corneille