literary critic

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Another is Liu Xiaobo, a literary critic and human rights activist, who authored a manifesto calling for democratic reform in China and was arrested in 2008.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

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

“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