George Steiner, The Art of Criticism No. 2 (1995) (theparisreview.org)

"One or two far less known East Europeans" is almost certainly referring to Danilo Kis and his books like Hourglass.

He did also, in fact, write more about "every sexual encounter in a different language is a different eros" in My Unwritten Books.

What an incredible interview, a captivating speaker; I always enjoyed and looked forward to his performances, part show-off, part intellectual, occasionally petulant, always erudite; but this is the first time I've really warmed to his humanity as well as his intellect.

Beautiful, thanks for submitting it.