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George Steiner

George Steiner (1929–2020) was a literary critic, essayist, novelist, and author of more than two dozen books, including After Babel, an influential work of translation theory, and the novella The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H. A regular contributor to the New Yorker and a fellow of the British Academy, he taught at Princeton, Cambridge, and the University of Geneva.