Paul Celan (23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel into a Jewish family in the former Kingdom of Romania (now Ukraine), and changed his name to "Paul Celan" (where Celan in Romanian would be pronounced Chelan, and was derived from Ancel, pronounced Antshel), becoming one of the major German-language poets of the post-World War II era.
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“Illegibility
of this world.”
—Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)
“The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, is silent.”
—Jean Paul Richter (1763–1825)
“Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.”
—Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)