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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
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
playwright, actor, essayist, literary critic, politician, journalist, opinion journalist
- Phillips Exeter Academy, Sidwell Friends School
Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
poet, literary critic
- University of California, San Diego
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
linguist, poet, translator, literary critic, essayist, military officer, historian, illustrator, teacher, philologist
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
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