Criticism

Explore the criticisms surrounding controversial celebrities in this comprehensive list. Discover the scandals, controversies, and public backlash faced by these high-profile individuals.

Edward Said Edward Said
USA
Palestinian and American intellectual, literary critic and literary theorist
Krastyo Krastev Krastyo Krastev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian literary critic and journalist.
Iuliy Ayhenvald Iuliy Ayhenvald
Russia
A talented critic
Saburo Kawamoto Saburo Kawamoto
Japan
Japanese literary critic and translator
Mamed Arif Maharram oglu Dadash-zade Mamed Arif Maharram oglu Dadash-zade
Azerbaijani Soviet literary scholar, critic, Academician of ANAS
Ferdinand Kurnberger Ferdinand Kurnberger
Austria
Austrian short story writer and critic.
Vladimir Korobov Vladimir Korobov
Russia
Literary critic
Victor Badikov Victor Badikov
Kazakhstan
Soviet and Kazakh critic and literary critic
Sava Damyanov Sava Damyanov
Serbia
Serbian writer, literary critic and literary scholar
Dmitriy Zatonsky Dmitriy Zatonsky
Ukraine
Ukrainian literary scholar, literary critic
Andzhey Dravich Andzhey Dravich
Poland
Literary critic, essayist.
Iuda Grossman Iuda Grossman
Russian (later Ukrainian) anarchist revolutionary, publicist
Hiroyuki Agawa Hiroyuki Agawa
Japan
Japanese writer and literary critic
Ilya Gruzdev Ilya Gruzdev
Russian and Soviet literary scholar, literary critic, playwright, writer
Leopoldo Alas y Urena Leopoldo Alas y Urena
Spain
Spanish writer, literary critic
Max Eastman Max Eastman
USA
American journalist, writer, poet, literary critic
Aleksandr Nikitenko Aleksandr Nikitenko
Russia
A famous memoirist and critic
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
USA
American literary critic, historian, writer, professor at Harvard University
Imants Auzins Imants Auzins
Latvia
Latvian poet, translator and literary critic.
Dmitriy Pavluchko Dmitriy Pavluchko
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic
Roman Gromyak Roman Gromyak
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian literary scholar, literary critic, public figure
Takuboku Ishikawa Takuboku Ishikawa
Japan
Japanese poet, literary critic
August Schlegel August Schlegel
Germany
German critic, translator, scientist and poet.
Samuel Coleridge Samuel Coleridge
Great Britain
English poet, philosopher, literary critic.
Gerrit Jan Komrij Gerrit Jan Komrij
Netherlands
Dutch writer, journalist, literary critic, translator.
Anry Kolle Anry Kolle
France
French writer, composer and music critic.
Fredric Jameson Fredric Jameson
USA
American literary critic and Marxist theorist
William Lisle Bowles William Lisle Bowles
Great Britain
English priest, poet and critic.
Nicolae Manolescu Nicolae Manolescu
Romania
Romanian literary critic, novelist, editor, teacher
James Lowell James Lowell
USA
American poet, critic, editor.
Heinrich Wilhelm Gerstenberg Heinrich Wilhelm Gerstenberg
Germany
German writer.
Johann Christoph Gottsched Johann Christoph Gottsched
Germany
German writer and cultural figure, critic, historian of literature and theater
Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell
Great Britain
English horror writer, editor and critic
Muhamedjan Karataev Muhamedjan Karataev
Kazakhstan
Literary scholar, critic, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR
Bernardas Brazdzionis Bernardas Brazdzionis
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet and critic
Theophile Gautier Theophile Gautier
France
French poet and critic of the Romantic school.
Robert Hughes Robert Hughes
Australia
Art critic and writer originally from Australia
Kojin Karatani Kojin Karatani
Japan
Japanese literary critic and Marxist thinker
James Agate James Agate
Great Britain
English critic and essayist
Menno ter Braak Menno ter Braak
Netherlands
Dutch modernist writer and literary critic
Yiliam Yeats Yiliam Yeats
Ireland
Irish poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1923
Karl Kraus Karl Kraus
Austria
Austrian writer, critic, brilliant essayist.
Edith Louisa Sitwell Edith Louisa Sitwell
Great Britain
English poet and literary critic
Lytton Strachey Lytton Strachey
Great Britain
English critic and biographer
Stephen Spender Stephen Spender
Great Britain
English poet and critic.
Vladimir Zlobin Vladimir Zlobin
Russian poet and critic
Ferenc Kolcsey Ferenc Kolcsey
Hungary
Hungarian writer, literary critic
Pieter Frans van Kerckhoven Pieter Frans van Kerckhoven
Belgium
Flemish writer
Wayne Clayson Booth Wayne Clayson Booth
USA
American literary critic
Meyer Howard Abrams Meyer Howard Abrams
USA
American literary critic

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