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Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)
poet, literary, painter, philosopher, resistance fighter, illustrator, Nobel Prize winner, bookseller, pacifist, librettist
- Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium, Evangelical Seminaries of Maulbronn and Blaubeuren
Berlie Doherty (born 1943)
poet, librettist, playwright
- Durham University, Upton Hall School FCJ
Amin Maalouf (born 1949)
journalist, librettist
- Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour, Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
linguist, poet, translator, playwright, librettist
- University of Oxford, Eton College
Melvyn Bragg (born 1939)
journalist, television presenter, politician, biographer, librettist, historian
- University of Oxford, The Nelson Thomlinson School
Günter Grass (1927-2015)
lyricist, poet, sculptor, playwright, essayist, autobiographer, painter, graphic artist, altar server, illustrator, printmaker, photographer, artist, librettist
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Berlin University of the Arts
Philippe Soupault (1897-1990)
journalist, poet, playwright, librettist, political activist, essayist, critic, radio personality, publisher, artist, drawer, actor, broadcast journalist
Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
politician, playwright, poet, journalist, editor, librettist, correspondent, essayist
- University of Oxford, Charterhouse School