Paul Celan



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Paul Celan

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born
in Cernăuţi, Ukraine
November 23, 1920

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 · 2,762 ratings · 191 reviews · 109 distinct works · Similar authors
Poems of Paul Celan
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4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 987 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions
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Selected Poems and Prose of...
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4.56 of 5 stars 4.56 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Breathturn
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4.61 of 5 stars 4.61 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1967 — 6 editions
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Paul Celan: Selections
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Threadsuns
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4.65 of 5 stars 4.65 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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Glottal Stop
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
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Selected Poems
4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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Lightduress
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
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Snow Part
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Collected Prose
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4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1990 — 7 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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“How you die out in me:

down to the last
worn-out
knot of breath
you're there, with a
splinter
of life.”
― Paul Celan, Poems of Paul Celan
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