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Berlie Doherty (born 1943)
poet, librettist, playwright
- Durham University, Upton Hall School FCJ
Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929)
film director, playwright, film editor, philosopher, poet, theatrical director, mime artist, actor, composer, artist, puppeteer, sculptor, essayist, painter, drawer, director, film producer, comics creator, comics artist, penciller, tarotologist
- University of Chile
Doris Lessing (1919-2013)
poet, playwright, autobiographer, essayist
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
military officer, poet, translator, publisher, painter, journalist, peace activist, activist shareholder, playwright, bookseller, political activist
- University of Paris, Columbia University
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
politician, playwright, drawer, librettist, essayist, illustrator, poet, art historian, opinion journalist, graphic artist
- University of Paris, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016)
translator, art critic, poet, philosopher, essayist, art historian
- Faculty of Arts of Paris, Lycée Descartes
Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
beekeeper, journalist, blogger, film producer, actor, film director, poet
Charles de Lint (born 1951)
poet, musician