Paul Celan



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Paul Celan

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born
November 23, 1920 in Cernăuţi, Ukraine

died
April 20, 1970

gender
male

genre
Poetry


About this author

Poet, translator, essayist, and lecturer, influenced by French Surrealism and Symbolism. Celan was born in Cernăuţi, at the time Romania, now Ukraine, he lived in France, and wrote in German. His parents were killed in the Holocaust; the author himself escaped death by working in a Nazi labor camp. "Death is a Master from Germany", Celan's most quoted words, translated into English in different ways, are from the poem 'Todesfuge' (Death Fugue). Celan's body was found in the Seine river in late April 1970, he had committed suicide.


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Average rating: 4.50 · 1,792 ratings · 144 reviews · 100 distinct works
Poems of Paul Celan
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4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 550 ratings — published 1972 — 8 editions
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Breathturn
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4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1967 — 6 editions
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Threadsuns
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4.65 of 5 stars 4.65 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
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Paul Celan: Selections
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4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Glottal Stop
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Lightduress
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4.72 of 5 stars 4.72 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
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Selected Poems
4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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Collected Prose
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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Snow Part
4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions
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Quotes by Paul Celan

“Spring: trees flying up to their birds”
― Paul Celan
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“Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss.”
― Paul Celan
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“Don't sign your name
between worlds,

surmount
the manifold of meanings,

trust the tearstain,
learn to live.”
― Paul Celan, Glottal Stop
tags: living , meaning , poetry , tearstain , trust
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