George Steiner (b. 1929), a French-American author, essayist and literary critic, ranks among the great minds in today's literary world. He has lectured on literature and poetry at the universities of Geneva, London and Harvard. His best-known book is After Babel (1975), an influential contribution to translation studies.
Discovered on 15-4-1990 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.