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literary critic
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Marshall McLuhan
Canadian philosopher and communications scholar (1911–1980)
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer (1932–2016)
Adam Roberts (British writer)
British writer of speculative fiction and parody novels; literature and writing academic
Klaus Rifbjerg
Danish writer
Ruth Berlau
Danish actress, director, photographer and writer
James Blish
American science fiction and fantasy author (1921–1975)
Susan Sontag
American writer, critic and public intellectual (1933–2004)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Polish-born German literary critic (1920–2013)
Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781)
Bayard Taylor
United States poet, novelist and travel writer (1825–1878)
John Green
American author and YouTuber (born 1977)
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
Polish writer and translator (1874–1941)
William Hazlitt
19th-century English essayist and critic (1778-1830)
Christa Wolf
German novelist and essayist (1929–2011)
Arthur Mizener
American professor (1907–1988)
Josef Václav Sládek
Czech poet, publicist and translator (1845–1912)
Damon Knight
American science fiction writer, editor and critic (1922–2002)
Bruce Alexander Cook
American novelist
Alejandro Zambra
Chilean poet and writer (1975)
Clive James
Australian writer and broadcaster (1939–2019)
Alan Hollinghurst
English novelist (born 1954)
Josef Škvorecký
Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924–2012)
Camille Paglia
American feminist academic and critic (born 1947)
Paul Theroux
American travel writer and novelist (born 1941)
Herman Melville
American writer and poet (1819–1891)
René Marill Albérès
French writer and literary critic
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
John Ruskin
English writer and art critic (1819–1900)
Sidney Lee
English biographer and critic (1859–1926)