A Kind of Survivor

George Steiner

1966

For Elie Wiesel

Not literally. Due to my father’s foresight (he had shown it when leaving Vienna in 1924), I came to America in January 1940, during the phony war. We left France, where I was born and brought up, in safety. So I happened not to be there when the names were called out. I did not stand in the public square with the other children…

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George Steiner

1929–2020
A cultural and literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher, Paris-born George Steiner became an American citizen. He later became professor of comparative literature at Geneva and Cambridge universities. His writings address issues related to translation, the nature of language and literature, and culture.

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