Paul Celan

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German-language poet Holocaust survivor person poet translator

Paul Celan was a Romanian-born German-language poet, widely regarded as one of the most important post-World War II and Holocaust poets for his dense, innovative, and hauntingly elliptical verse.

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Paul Celan canonical 8

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instanceOf German-language poet ⓘ
Holocaust survivor ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
awardReceived Bremen Literature Prize ⓘ
Literature Prize of the City of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: City of Berlin Prize for Literature

Georg Büchner Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Paul Ancel ⓘ
Paul Antschel NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Cimetière de Thiais ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
child Eric Celan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Romania ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-11-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-04-20 ⓘ
describedAs one of the most important Holocaust poets ⓘ
one of the most important post-World War II poets ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bucharest ⓘ
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cernăuți

University of Vienna ⓘ
employer École Normale Israélite Orientale ⓘ
École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
fullName Paul Celan self-link ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
influenced Ingeborg Bachmann ⓘ
John Felstiner ⓘ
Nelly Sachs ⓘ
Paul Muldoon ⓘ
influencedBy Franz Kafka ⓘ
Friedrich Hölderlin ⓘ
Rainer Maria Rilke ⓘ
languageOfExpression French ⓘ
German ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide by drowning ⓘ
movement hermetic poetry ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
postwar literature ⓘ
notableWork Atemwende ⓘ
Die Niemandsrose ⓘ
Fadensonnen ⓘ
Lichtzwang ⓘ
Mohn und Gedächtnis ⓘ
Schneepart ⓘ
Sprachgitter ⓘ
Todesfuge ⓘ
occupation lecturer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
parents Fritzi Antschel ⓘ
Leo Antschel NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bukovina ⓘ
Cernăuți ⓘ
Czernowitz ⓘ
Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
pseudonym Paul Celan ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Bucharest ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
spouse Gisèle Celan-Lestrange ⓘ
style dense ⓘ
elliptical ⓘ
hermetic ⓘ
innovative ⓘ
subjectOfWork Shoah ⓘ
surface form: Holocaust

Jewish identity ⓘ
language ⓘ
memory ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
survivedEvent Holocaust ⓘ
victimOf antisemitic persecution ⓘ
workedAsTranslatorFromLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
workedAsTranslatorIntoLanguage German ⓘ
wroteAbout Nazi genocide of the Jews ⓘ

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Emil Cioran → influenced → Paul Celan ⓘ
Georg Büchner Prize → hasAwarded → Paul Celan ⓘ
Group 47 → hasMember → Paul Celan ⓘ
Friedrich Hölderlin → influenced → Paul Celan ⓘ
Hebbel Prize → hasAwarded → Paul Celan ⓘ
Holocaust literature → hasNotableAuthor → Paul Celan ⓘ
Paul Celan → fullName → Paul Celan self-link ⓘ
Paul Celan → pseudonym → Paul Celan ⓘ