Paul Celan

thumb|The grave of Paul Celan at the Cimetière de Thiais near Paris Paul Celan (23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born French German-language poet and translator. Quotes A little stallion gallops across the leafing fingers-Black the gate leaps open, I sing;How did we live here? "Tallow Lamp" in: Paul Celan (1972) Selected poems. p. 22 Aspen tree, your leaves glance white into the dark. "Aspen Tree. . ."; cited in: Ruth Golan (2006). Loving Psychoanalysis. p. 61 We stand by the window embracing, and people look up from the street:it is time they knew!It is time the stone made an effort to flower,time unrest had a beating heart.It is time it were time.It is time. "Corona" In: Paul Celan, ‎Pierre Joris (2005). Paul Celan: Selections. p. 44 You opened your eyes -I saw my darkness live. I see through it down to the bed; there too it is mine and lives. "From Darkness to Darkness," in: Donald Wesling, ‎Tadeusz Sławek (1995). Literary Voice: The Calling of Jonah. p. 54 Quotes about Paul Celan Am I not the poet of witness? Am I not a disciple of Nellie Sachs and Paul Celan trying to describe the horrors of the Holocaust, meanwhile inventing a new lyric, which questions the possibility/impossibility of poetry after the most heinous episodes of history? Marilyn Chin A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems (2018) External links Category:1970 deaths Category:Poets from France Category:Translators from France Category:People from Romania Category:Jews from France