How can I obtain a copy of the speech of thanks given by George
Steiner in Paulskirche 2003? I would like to download a copy from the
Web.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 10 Aug 2004 19:04 PDT

I have found the German text. Would that be useful for you?

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by lazon-ga on 11 Aug 2004 04:52 PDT

I found the German version which is not helpful. Need the Anglais.

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Clarification of Question by lazon-ga on 11 Aug 2004 12:02 PDT

Please tell me how to obtain the German text. Thanx

Dear lazon,

The full German text of George Steiner's speech, as published on 31
May 2003 in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, is available on the
Koblenzer Jugendtheater website.

To find it, please follow these easy steps:

1. Access the site:
http://niemandsland.koblenzerjugendtheater.de/index.html

2. In the menu on the left, click the link "brisant"

3. Scroll slowly down until you find this paragraph:

Wir alle sind Gäste des Lebens und der Wahrheit - George
Steiner
Über die willkürliche Gabe der Existenz, das Wunder des Staates
Israel und den verlorenen Adel des jüdischen Volkes: Dankesrede
von George Steiner aus Anlass der Verleihung des Börne-Preises
mehr...

4. Click the "mehr..." link at the end of that text. This will take
you to the speech text.


Hope this helps!
Scriptor

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Request for Answer Clarification by lazon-ga on 11 Aug 2004 15:11 PDT

Excellent, the entire speech is there, I think, just as you say. Now,
I want to have it translated online if that is possible. I will check
with Google first and get back to "question" if I run into a problem.
Thank you very much, Scriptor.

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Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 11 Aug 2004 16:11 PDT

It was my pleasure.

Scriptor

This is an great way to solve gritty little search questions. Scriptor
helped me. Just what I needed when the English version of Steiner's
speech could not be found.

Here you'll find a portion of the speech:

http://www.madonnamagazine.com.au/articles/0405steiner.html

There is a website where you can download his speech (i.e. text, not
audio). However, it is not free of charge (apparently, it would cost
1.50 EUR). The text may be slightly abbreviated. I would like to
refrain from posting the link as long as I do not know if it is the
one Scriptor has in mind.

Yes, I have seen it. I am looking for the entire speech in English. Thanx

Yes, I would like to access the German Web site for the entire Steiner
speech. Am willing to pay the fee.

Steiner's speech as translated by Albert H. Friedlander was  published
in European Judaism, A Journal for the New Europe, Vol. 36 · No. 2 ·
2003. However, only "Journal subscribers will be able to view and
download the PDF version".

"We Are the Guests of Life and of Truth"
http://www.berghahnbooksonline.com/journals/ej/abs/2003/36-2/EJ360212.html

"Accessing the Online Content"
http://www.berghahnbooksonline.com/journals/subs.html

Editorial (no subscription required):
http://www.berghahnbooksonline.com/journals/ej/abs/2003/36-2/EJ360201.pdf

Just in case you would like to contact Berghahn Books:
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/index.php?pg=contact
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/index.php?pg=orders

A follow-up to my earlier comment:

The German text as first published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung can be accessed by going to
www.faz-archiv.de

Having found this article you can either purchase the document (2860
words) or the entire page of this edition of the FAZ.

"The online archive is currently only available to existing print
subscribers. In the future, we will be offering wider access on a
per-article basis. Please email us to order individual back issues
(subject to availability.)"
http://www.berghahnbooksonline.com/journals/ej/index.html

Friedlander as translator is mentioned on page 2 of the Editorial:
"It is our particular privilege to offer a translation of the lecture given by
George Steiner in Frankfurt in May 2003 on the occasion of receiving the Börne
Prize. Not content with translating it for us, Albert Friedlander graphically
describes the context and gives us extracts from the laudatio by the
German Foreign Minister Joschke Fischer, picking up all the underlying
irony of the event."
http://www.berghahnbooksonline.com/journals/ej/abs/2003/36-2/EJ360201.pdf