literary critic
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As a literary critic, Li argued that China must cultivate confidence in its culture to prevent society from falling into disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
“She’s become a virtuoso,” author John Updike, the literary critic for the New Yorker, said in a 2001 interview with the Montreal Gazette.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
An acclaimed literary critic and sports writer for The Observer and The Guardian, Christopher was also a frustrated novelist whose lifelong ambition tantalised, tortured and ultimately eluded him.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
“In the decades after the war, there was pressure to make the Holocaust fit a moral framework,” Ruth Franklin, a biographer and literary critic, said in a phone interview.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
She was brilliant, had been an avid reader her whole life, and she was a terrific literary critic, editor, and proofreader.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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