1929
George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (died 2020)
George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (died 2020)
George Steiner
French and American Writer, literary critic and philosopher (1929–2020)
- Born
- 1929
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".