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Paul Celan

Born

in Cernăuţi, Kingdom of Romania

November 23, 1920

Died

April 20, 1970

Genre

Poetry

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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. ...more

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	Poems of Paul Celan by Paul Celan, Michael Hamburger (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 3,414 ratings — published 1972 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan by Paul Celan, John Felstiner (Translator) 4.56 avg rating — 592 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathturn by Paul Celan, Pierre Joris (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 1965 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mohn und Gedächtnis 4.13 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1950 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems by Paul Celan, Michael Hamburger (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 1970 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Threadsuns by Paul Celan, Pierre Joris (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.47 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1968 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paul Celan: Selections by Paul Celan, Pierre Joris (Goodreads Author) (Editor, translator), Emil M. Cioran (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Gedichte. by Paul Celan, Barbara Wiedemann (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathturn into Timestead: The Collected Later Poetry by Paul Celan, Pierre Joris (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.63 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Di soglia in soglia by Paul Celan, Giuseppe Bevilacqua (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1955 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Poetry is a sort of homecoming.”
― Paul Celan

tags: poetry

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“who
is invisible enough
to see you”
― 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

tags: poetry

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Temmuz 2019- Modern Klasik okuması

Temmuz ayında aşağıdaki kitaplardan hangisini grupla birlikte okumak istersiniz?

Zorba - Nikos Kazantzakis 1946, 348 sayfa

22 votes 43.1%

Huzursuzluğun Kitabı - Fernando Pessoa 1982, 675 sayfa

12 votes 23.5%

Gölgeye Övgü - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki 1933, 80 sayfa

6 votes 11.8%

Ellerin Zamanlarla Dolu - Paul Celan 1972, 176 sayfa

6 votes 11.8%

Yaşam Kullanma Kılavuzu - Georges Perec 1978, 640 sayfa

5 votes 9.8%

51 total votes

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