| Paul Celan: 70 Poems Contributor(s): Celan, Paul (Author), Hamburger, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 089255424X ISBN-13: 9780892554249 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 831.914 |
| LCCN: 2012049397 |
| Series: Karen & Michael Braziller Books |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.5" W x 8" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paul Celan is the preeminent poet of the Holocaust. His chilling, haunted verse, evocative and agonizingly spare, is among the essential writing of the modern age. Paul Celan: 70 Poems is a portable selection of some of his most essential work, translated by Michael Hamburger (1924-2007), who for more than thirty years has provided the English-speaking world with the truest access to Celan's oeuvre. |
Contributor Bio(s): Celan, Paul: - Paul Celan was a poet and translator born in the East European province of Bukovina. Soon after his parents, German-speaking Jews, had perished at the hands of the Nazis, Celan wrote the poem "Todesfuge" ("Deathfugue"), which depicted life in a German concentration camp.Hamburger, Michael: - Michael Hamburger (1924-2007) wrote many collections of poetry and criticism. Other notable translations include Baudelaire's Twenty Prose Poems. He received the European Translation Prize for Poems of Paul Celan. |