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(1929-2020) Literary critic, essayist, fiction writer. George Steiner was born near Paris, France, and died in Cambridge, England.

Full Name

George Steiner

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1929

BIRTH

Francis George Steiner was born in Paris, France, on April 23, 1929.

1940

OTHER

Mr. Steiner emigrated with his family to New York City in 1940 and attended the Lyc��e Francais.

1959

LITWORK

Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: An Essay in the Old Criticism
Random House
0394449134 ISBN-13: 978-0394449135
Nonfiction.

1967

LITWORK

Language and Silence: Essays on Language, Literature and the Inhuman
Atheneum
0689702264 ISBN-13: 978-0571085071
Collection of essays.

1971

LITWORK

In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinitiion of Culture
Yale University Press
0300015011 ISBN-13: 978-0300015010
Nonfiction.

1975

LITWORK

After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
Oxford University Presss
0192121960 ISBN-13: 978-0192121967
Nonfiction.

1982

LITWORK

The Portage to San Crist��bal of A. H.
Simon & Schuster
0671445723 ISBN-13: 978-0671445720
Novella.

1990

LITWORK

Real Presences
University of Chicago Press
0226772330 ISBN-13: 978-0226772332
Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Errata: An Examined Life
Yale University Press
0297818384 ISBN-13: 978-0297818380
Memoir.

2001

LITWORK

Grammars of Creation
Yale University Press
0300088639 ISBN-13: 978-0300088632
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

My Unwritten Books
New Directions
0811217035 ISBN-13: 978-0811217033
Collection of essays.

2012

LITWORK

The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan
New Directions
0811219453 ISBN-13: 978-0811219457
Nonfiction.

2020

DEATH

George Steiner died at his home in Cambridge, England, on February 3, 2020.

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