Paul Celan

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Paul Celan
Born	Paul Antschel (1920-11-23)23 November 1920 Cernăuți, Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
Died	20 April 1970(1970-04-20) (aged 49) Paris, France
Occupation	Writer
Language	German
Nationality	Romanian, French
Genre	Poetry, translation
Notable works	"Todesfuge"
Spouse	Gisèle Lestrange
Partner	Ingeborg Bachmann
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Paul Celan (/ˈsɛlæn/;^[1] German: [ˈtseːlaːn]), born Paul Antschel, (23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) 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.