Quote by: Paul Celan

A poem, as a manifestation of language and thus essentially dialogue, can be a message in a bottle, sent out in the –not always greatly hopeful-belief that somewhere and sometime it could wash up on land, on heartland perhaps. Poems in this sense too are under way: they are making toward something. Toward what? Toward something standing open, occupiable, perhaps toward an addressable Thou, toward an addressable reality.


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Author Bio


  • NamePaul Celan
  • DescriptionRomanian poet and translator
  • AliasesPaul Antschel; Paul Ancel
  • BornNovember 23, 1920
  • DiedApril 28, 1970
  • CountryFrance; Romania
  • ProfessionLinguist; Lyricist; Poet; Translator; Writer
  • AwardsGeorg Büchner Prize; Literaturpreis Der Stadt Bremen; Herder Prize