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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
poet, essayist, literary critic
- University of Virginia, United States Military Academy
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
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
poet, zoologist, translator, playwright, autobiographer, lepidopterist, literary critic, journalist, chess composer, chess player, literary scholar, entomologist, man of letters
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Kim Newman (born 1959)
journalist, film critic, playwright
- University of Sussex
Paul Auster (1947-2024)
film director, linguist, translator, poet, essayist, autobiographer, playwright, musician, librettist, critic, editor
- Columbia University
Satyajit Ray (1921-1992)
film director, composer, film producer, film editor, lyricist, journalist, painter, cinematographer, poet, film critic, director
- University of Calcutta, Visva-Bharati University
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
Kaoru Kurimoto (1953-2009)
literary critic
- Waseda University