George Steiner

George Steiner is composed of at least 2 distinct authors.

Also known as: Georg Steiner, GEROGE STEINER, George Steiner, Georges Steiner, George Steiner ed, George f. 1929 Steiner ... (see complete list), George <1929- > Steiner, George Steiner, Literaturwissenschaftler, Frankrei

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George Steiner (1)

After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation 258 copies, 2 reviews
Real Presences 167 copies
Martin Heidegger 145 copies
Grammars of Creation 133 copies, 2 reviews
Language and Silence: Essays on Language, Literature, and the Inhuman 123 copies
Errata: An Examined Life 109 copies, 1 review
In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture 102 copies, 1 review
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: An Essay in the Old Criticism, Second Edition 102 copies, 1 review
The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.: A Novel 85 copies, 2 reviews
The Death of Tragedy 82 copies, 1 review
No Passion Spent: Essays 1978-1995 74 copies
My Unwritten Books 66 copies, 1 review
Antigones: How the Antigone Legend Has Endured in Western Literature, Art,… 55 copies
Lessons of the Masters (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) 53 copies

On Difficulty and Other Essays 43 copies, 1 review

Nostalgia for the Absolute (Massey Lectures series) 41 copies

George Steiner: A Reader 35 copies

Proofs and Three Parables 30 copies, 1 review

Extraterritorial: Papers on Literature and the Language Revolution 27 copies

Warum Denken traurig macht. Zehn (mögliche) Gründe 24 copies

Homer: A Collection of Critical Essays 23 copies

Anno Domini : drie oorlogsvertellingen 20 copies

The Penguin book of modern verse translation 14 copies

La idea de Europa 13 copies

Le silence des livres 12 copies

George Steiner at The New Yorker (NEW DIRECTIONS PAPERBOOK) 11 copies

The Deeps of the Sea and Other Fiction 10 copies

Les logocrates 8 copies

Poem into Poem: World Poetry in Modern Verse Translation (Poets S) 7 copies

Eloge de la transmission : Le maître et l'élève 6 copies

Maîtres et disciples 6 copies

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George Steiner (2)

Business, Government and Society: A Managerial Perspective 1 copy

George Steiner (unknown)

Strategic Planning 31 copies
Martin Heidegger 1 copy
Entretiens avec Ramin Jahanbegloo 1 copy

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Canonical name

Legal name

Steiner, George Francis

Other names

Date of birth

1929-04-23

Date of death

Burial location

Gender

male

Nationality

USA (naturalized 1944)

Places of residence

Education

the Sorbonne

University of Chicago

Harvard University

Oxford University

Occupations

Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature (University of Oxford)

Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry (Harvard University)

Relationships

Organizations

Churchill College Cambridge

Awards and honors

Premio Príncipe de Asturias (Communications and Humanities, 2001)

Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1984)

Bell Prize (1950)

Zabel Award (1970)

Truman Capote Lifetime Award for Literature (1999)

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Short biography

Son of Dr Frederick George and Mrs Else Steiner, George Steiner was raised trilingually, in German, English and French. His first formal education took place at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris and then at the Lycée Français de New York after the family moved to the United States in 1940. In his Memoirs, Steiner recalled being hit by a piece of chalk in the face by a teacher at the Lycée. His field is comparative literature. His work as a critic has tended toward exploring cultural and philosophical issues, particularly having to do with translation and the nature of language and of literature. Steiner's best-known book, After Babel (1975), was an early and influential contribution to the field of translation studies.

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