WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Steiner has received more than 590,630 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). George Steiner is the 956th most popular writer (down from 767th in 2019), the 1,090th most popular biography from France (down from 901st in 2019) and the 143rd most popular French Writer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Steiner ranks 956 out of 7,302. Before him are Virginia Satir, Andrew of Crete, Johannes Tauler, Patrick White, Sin Saimdang, and Alfred Kubin. After him are Panait Istrati, Al-Mutanabbi, Ivan Gundulić, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Sulpicius Severus, and Chiara Lubich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, George Steiner ranks 71. Before him are Bernard Haitink, Jerry Goldsmith, Gordon Moore, Peter L. Berger, Violeta Chamorro, and Ágnes Heller. After him are Albert Azaryan, Imelda Marcos, Mike Hawthorn, Andriyan Nikolayev, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Pierre Brice. Among people deceased in 2020, George Steiner ranks 55. Before him are Kim Ki-duk, Buck Henry, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Joel Schumacher, and Brian Dennehy. After him are Ken Hensley, Mary Higgins Clark, Little Richard, Mamadou Tandja, Abdul Halim Khaddam, and Radomir Antić.

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In France

Among people born in France, George Steiner ranks 1,090 out of 6,770. Before him are Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Marion Cotillard (1975), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), and Étienne-Jules Marey (1830). After him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Jean de Dunois (1402), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), and Charles Trenet (1913).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, George Steiner ranks 143. Before him are Maurice Druon (1918), Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Pierre Larousse (1817), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), and Johannes Tauler (1300). After him are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Victorien Sardou (1831), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jean de Joinville (1224), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), and Nicolas Chamfort (1741).

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