Famous literary critics
cultural journalist who reviews new literary books
608 people
Ursula K. Le Guin
1929
– 2018
· Age 88
Deceased
Margaret Atwood
1939
· Age 86
Alive
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1729
– 1781
· Age 52
Deceased
Fernando Pessoa
1888
– 1935
· Age 47
Deceased
D. H. Lawrence
1885
– 1930
· Age 44
Deceased
Guillaume Apollinaire
1880
– 1918
· Age 38
Deceased
Gao Xingjian
1940
· Age 86
Alive
Theodor W. Adorno
1903
– 1969
· Age 65
Deceased
Theodor Herzl
1860
– 1904
· Age 44
Deceased
Chinua Achebe
1930
– 2013
· Age 82
Deceased
Johann Gottfried Herder
1744
– 1803
· Age 59
Deceased
Eugène Ionesco
1909
– 1994
· Age 84
Deceased
Alexander Blok
1880
– 1921
· Age 40
Deceased
Robert A. Heinlein
1907
– 1988
· Age 80
Deceased
Jacques Derrida
1930
– 2004
· Age 74
Deceased
Walter Benjamin
1892
– 1940
· Age 48
Deceased
Henry James
1843
– 1916
· Age 72
Deceased
Aurobindo Ghosh
1872
– 1950
· Age 78
Deceased
Giuseppe Mazzini
1805
– 1872
· Age 66
Deceased
W. H. Auden
1907
– 1973
· Age 66
Deceased
John Dryden
1631
– 1700
· Age 68
Deceased
Salvatore Quasimodo
1901
– 1968
· Age 66
Deceased
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
1892
– 1927
· Age 35
Deceased
Eugenio Montale
1896
– 1981
· Age 84
Deceased
Paul Valéry
1871
– 1945
· Age 73
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q4263842