Paul Celan | |
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Born | Paul Antschel 23 November 1920 Cernăuți, Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) |
Died | 20 April 1970 Paris, France | (aged 49)
Occupation | Writer |
Language | German |
Nationality | Romanian, French |
Genre | Poetry, translation |
Notable works | "Todesfuge" |
Spouse | Gisèle Lestrange |
Partner | Ingeborg Bachmann |
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Paul Celan (/ˈsɛlæn/;[1] German: [ˈtseːlaːn]), born Paul Antschel, (23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born French poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translator. Celan is regarded as one of the most important figures in German-language literature of the post-World War II era and a poet whose verse has gained an immortal place in the literary pantheon. Celan’s poetry, with its many radical poetic and linguistic innovations, is characterized by a complicated and cryptic style that deviates from poetic conventions.