George Steiner
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George Steiner was a prominent literary critic, essayist, and philosopher known for his influential work on language, translation, and the relationship between literature and culture.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Steiner canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
comparative literature scholar
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American National Book Critics Circle Award (lifetime achievement)
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Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-04-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-02-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
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Harvard University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
Churchill College, Cambridge
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Harvard University ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative literature
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cultural criticism ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ translation studies ⓘ |
| fullName | Francis George Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Churchill College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
relationship between language and culture
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theory of translation as interpretation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
After Babel
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Errata: An Examined Life NERFINISHED ⓘ In Bluebeard’s Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Language and Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Presences NERFINISHED ⓘ The Death of Tragedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tolstoy or Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lecturer
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professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Neuilly-sur-Seine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Zara Shakow Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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