George Steiner ✓
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George Steiner (1929–2020) was a France essayist, known for After Babel.
About George Steiner
Francis George Steiner, FBA was a French and American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, as well as the impact of the Holocaust. A 2001 article in The Guardian described Steiner as a "polyglot and polymath".
After Babel
Martin Heidegger
Ludwig-Börne-Preis|Rhodes Scholarship|Guggenheim Fellowship|Knight of the Legion of Honour|Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain|Honorary doctor of the University of Liège|Fellow of the British Academy|“Today” Prize|Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities|Alfonso Reyes International Prize|Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature|Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna|honorary doctor of Durham University|honorary doctor of the University of Girona|honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca|honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow|honorary doctor of the University of Bristol|honorary doctor of the University of Lisbon|honorary doctorate from ENS|honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University
All George Steiner Quotes
- My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do. Deep