What is George Steiner?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = George Steiner | image = George Steiner 2013 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = George Steiner speaking at The Nexus Institute, The Netherlands, 2013 | pseudonym = | birth_name = Francis George Steiner | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|4|23}} | birth_place = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|3|1929|4|23}} | death_place = [[Cambridge]], [[Cambridgeshire]], England | occupation = Author, essayist, [[Literary criticism|literary critic]], professor | nationality = French, American | period = 1960–2020 | genre = History, literature, literary fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[After Babel]]'' (1975) | spouse = [[Zara Shakow Steiner]] | partner = | children = David, Deborah | relatives = | awards = The [[Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism|Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award]] (1998) | signature = | website = }} '''Francis George Steiner''',<ref name=Janus>{{cite web |url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FGSNR |title=The Papers of George Steiner |work=Janus |quote=[Steiner] has not used the name Francis since his undergraduate days. |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724160323/http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FGSNR |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Fellow of the British Academy#Fellowship|FBA]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-01-12|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Fellow of the British Academy#Fellowship|reason= }} (April 23, 1929 &ndash; February 3, 2020)<ref name=Contem>{{cite web |url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth234 |title=George Steiner |work=Contemporary Writers in the UK |first=Daniel |last=Hahn |access-date=March 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001130147/htt