Paul Celan

Paul Celan, born Paul Antschel, was a Romanian-born French poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translator. Due to his many radical poetic and linguistic innovations, Celan 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 an immortal place in the literary pantheon. His poetry is characterized by a complicated and cryptic style that deviates from poetic conventions.

23 November 1920

Born on the same birth day (23 November): Frank Worthington • Gwynne Shotwell • Henry Moseley • Joe Eszterhas • Johan Scharffenberg • K. Alvapillai • Karsten Müller • Kelly Brook • Kirk Penney • Merv Hughes • Page Kennedy • Theodore Dwight Weld • Tony Pond • Wilson Tucker (writer)

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