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Steiner's Benjamin
4 Extra Debut. George Steiner investigates the life of the prophetic German Jewish critic Walter Benjamin, who died in 1940. From September 1997.
French-born American literary critic George Steiner unravels the life and work of the prophetic German-Jewish critic Walter Benjamin, who left behind some of the most influential thoughts on modern life, giving him an extraordinary posthumous influence.
Features extracts from his works read by Anthony Hyde.
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 1997.
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Sun 2 Nov 2014
03:15
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