PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: journalism
American literary critic
Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic and theorist, along with Jacques Derrida one of the two major proponents of deconstruction, a controversial form of philosophical and literary analysis that was...
British politician
Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, prominent Tory politician in the reign of Queen Anne of England and, later, a major political propagandist in opposition to the Whig Party led by Sir Robert...
Swedish writer and activist
Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer and activist whose posthumously published Millennium series of crime novels brought him international acclaim. Larsson grew up with his maternal grandparents in northern Sweden...
South African activist, scholar, and journalist
Ruth First, South African activist, scholar, and journalist known for her relentless opposition to South Africa’s discriminatory policy of apartheid. In 1982 she was assassinated while living in exile....
Scottish-born journalist and politician
Michael Gove, Scottish-born journalist and politician who served as education secretary (2010–14) and lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice (2015–16) in the administration of Prime Minister...
Russian writer
Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov, Russian writer, religious thinker, and journalist, best known for the originality and individuality of his prose works. Rozanov was born into the family of a provincial official...
American historian, journalist, and author
Garry Wills, American historian, journalist, and author of provocative books on Roman Catholicism, history, and politics. Wills grew up in Wisconsin and Michigan, where he spent his childhood immersed...
American journalist
Jane Cunningham Croly, English-born American journalist and clubwoman whose popular writings and socially conscious advocacy reflected, in different spheres, her belief that equal rights and economic independence...
American journalist and writer
Agnes Smedley, journalist and writer best known for a series of articles and books centred on her experiences in China during the growth of Chinese communism. Smedley grew up under straitened circumstances....
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