Famous critics

professional who makes a living communicating their opinions and assessments of various forms of creative work

296 people

All Alive Deceased
Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

1821 – 1867 · Age 46
Deceased
Anatole France

Anatole France

1844 – 1924 · Age 80
Deceased
T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

1888 – 1965 · Age 76
Deceased
Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun

1859 – 1952 · Age 92
Deceased
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

1709 – 1784 · Age 75
Deceased
Lu Xun

Lu Xun

1881 – 1936 · Age 55
Deceased
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772 – 1834 · Age 61
Deceased
Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska

1923 – 2012 · Age 88
Deceased
Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

1963 · Age 62
Alive
J. M. Coetzee

J. M. Coetzee

1940 · Age 86
Alive
Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault

1628 – 1703 · Age 75
Deceased
Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

1925 – 1970 · Age 45
Deceased
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1729 – 1781 · Age 52
Deceased
Salvatore Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo

1901 – 1968 · Age 66
Deceased
E. T. A. Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

1776 – 1822 · Age 46
Deceased
Alberto Moravia

Alberto Moravia

1907 – 1990 · Age 82
Deceased
Nikolay Karamzin

Nikolay Karamzin

1766 – 1826 · Age 59
Deceased
Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E. Stiglitz

1943 · Age 83
Alive
Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

1928 – 2012 · Age 83
Deceased
Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

1939 · Age 87
Alive
Zbigniew Brzezinski

Zbigniew Brzezinski

1928 – 2017 · Age 89
Deceased
Paul Auster

Paul Auster

1947 – 2024 · Age 77
Deceased
André Maurois

André Maurois

1885 – 1967 · Age 82
Deceased
Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane

1819 – 1898 · Age 78
Deceased
Ivan Vazov

Ivan Vazov

1850 – 1921 · Age 71
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q6430706