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George Steiner

1929 - 2020

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Francis George Steiner, FBA (April 23, 1929 – February 3, 2020) was a Franco-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". Among his admirers, Steiner is ranked "among the great minds in today's literary world". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Steiner is the 954th most popular writer (up from 955th in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from France (down from 1,090th in 2019) and the 139th most popular French Writer.

George Steiner is most famous for his book "Language and Silence" which discusses the relationship between language and silence.

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Among writers, George Steiner ranks 954 out of 7,302. Before him are Percy Fawcett, Virginia Satir, Lucius Accius, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Samuel Butler, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov. After him are Ernesto Sabato, Hrotsvitha, Horatio Alger, Peter Weiss, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Silius Italicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, George Steiner ranks 78. Before him are Jerry Goldsmith, Ágnes Heller, Lennart Johansson, Mike Hawthorn, Dick Clark, and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow. After him are Helmut Rahn, Lata Mangeshkar, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Chadli Bendjedid, P. Ramlee, and Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 2020, George Steiner ranks 53. Before him are Jack Steinberger, Masatoshi Koshiba, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Nexhmije Hoxha, Oliver E. Williamson, and Christopher Tolkien. After him are Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Kim Ki-duk, Lucia Bosè, Georg Ratzinger, Amadou Toumani Touré, and Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

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In France

Among people born in France, George Steiner ranks 1,113 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626). After him are Joseph Bertrand (1822), Saint Eligius (588), Sophie of France (1734), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Hector Guimard (1867), and Francis Lai (1932).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, George Steiner ranks 139. Before him are Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Maurice Druon (1918), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Julien Green (1900), Jules Renard (1864), and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626). After him are Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Victorien Sardou (1831), Heinrich Kramer (1430), and Jacques Hébert (1757).

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