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Also Known As	Francis George Steiner
Born	April 23, 1929 • Paris • France
Died	February 3, 2020 (aged 90)
Notable Works	“After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation” • “Extraterritorial” • “Language and Silence” • “No Passion Spent: Essays 1978-1995” • “Tolstoy or Dostoevsky”

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