Paul Celan, poet, 1920-1970

Paul Celan was one of the major German-language poets of the post-World War II era. The death of his parents and the experience of the Shoah (The Holocaust) are defining forces in his poetry and his use of language. His most famous poem, the early Todesfuge, is a work of great complexity and power; In later years his poetry became progressively more cryptic, fractured and monosyllabic, bearing comparison to the music of Anton Webern. In addition to writing poetry (in German and, earlier, in Romanian), he was an extremely active translator and polyglot, translating literature from Romanian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Hebrew, and English into German.

Paul Celan, poet, 1920-1970

Celan, Paul, Lyriker (1920-1970). Ms. Brief mit eigenh. U.Paris, 7 Jul 1965.

Celan, Paul, Lyriker (1920-1970). 2 eigenh. Briefe mit (einer) U.Verbier, Kanton Wallis, Schweiz, und Paris, 5. und 25. VII. 1957.

Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Chanson einer Dame im Schatten". Typescript poem signed in majuscules …Paris, August 1949.

Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Chanson einer Dame im Schatten". Autograph poem signed ("Paul Celan").Paris, August 1949.

Celan, Paul, Lyriker (1920-1970). 12 eigenh. Briefe mit U.Paris, 1949/1950.

Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Todesfuge". Typescript poem signed in majuscules ("Paul CELAN").N. p., 1949-1950.

Celan, Paul, German-language poet (1920-1970). 3 autogr. letters signed.Paris and n. p., 1963 and 1964.