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Steve Almond (born 1966)
journalist, literary critic
- Wesleyan University
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
Cees Nooteboom (born 1933)
poet, literary critic, journalist, translator
Walter Scott (1771-1832)
poet, playwright, linguist, translator, musicologist, biographer, judge, poet lawyer, lawyer, historian, literary critic
- University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh School of Law
Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917)
playwright, journalist, dramaturge, essayist, art critic, literary critic, anarchist, theatre critic
Brian Stableford (1948-2024)
literary critic, researcher
- University of York
Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008)
actor, film director, audiobook narrator, literary critic, essayist, agricultural engineer, director
- Lycée Saint-Louis, Institut national agronomique
Germaine de Staël (1766-1817)
salonnière, diarist, literary critic, politician, correspondent, philosopher