Paul Celan on this book: "A few days ago, with some new poems, I got back the compact diction I've been hoping for. There will be a new book."
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About the Author:
PAUL CELAN was born Paul Ancel of a Jewish family in Romania in 1920. In 1942 his parents were deported and died in an extermination camp. Celan escaped but was in a labour camp until 1944. In 1948 he settled in Paris, where he took up the study of German literature and became a lecturer at the Ecole Normale Superieur. Paris remained his home until his suicide by drowning in 1970.
Review:
“An indispensable volume for those who would understand the twentieth century.” (George Steiner)
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- PublisherSheep Meadow Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1931357463
- ISBN 13 9781931357463
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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