All about: Paul Celan

Reading: In Memoriam Paul Celan by Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch (b. 1950) is an American poet who can emulate many different voices. He was a poetry columnist for the Washington Post. He lives and Brooklyn and he has lost a son, about which he wrote an acclaimed book of poetry, called 'Gabriel'. I read an In Memoriam for Celan: In Memoriam Paul Celan ...
Reading: Flower by Paul Celan
Paul Celan (1920-1970) is of course the best German poet who has ever lived. I don't read the canonical 'Todesfuge' here, you can find excellent analysis on the Internet. I have read a poem about an axe that flowered, but here I stick with a modest poem called "Flower" in translation, that still has all ...
Reading: I hear that the axe has flowered by Paul Celan
Today, let's dive into a mysterious poem by the great Paul Celan, in a translation by Michael Hamburger. I hear that the axe has flowered I hear that the axe has flowered, I hear that the place can't be named, I hear that the bread which looks at him heals the hanged man, the bread ...