WRITER

Paul Celan

1920 - 1970

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Paul Celan (; German: [ˈtseːlaːn]), born Paul Antschel, (23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born French poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translator. Celan is 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 gained an immortal place in the literary pantheon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Celan has received more than 699,686 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Paul Celan is the 335th most popular writer (down from 313th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Romania (down from 19th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Writer.

Paul Celan is most famous for his poem "Death Fugue."

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Werke
1990
Schneepart
1971
Von Schwelle zu Schwelle
1955
Mohn und Gedächtnis
1952
Paul Celan
1972
Prose works
Literary Criticism
This collection of Paul Celan's writings and aphorisms on poetry and art illuminates the sources of his language his exploration of the condition of being a stranger in the world, the necessity and limitation of discourse, and the understanding of the poet and his vocation.
1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Celan ranks 335 out of 7,302. Before him are André Malraux, Théophile Gautier, Coen brothers, William Wordsworth, Mikhail Sholokhov, and David Woodard. After him are Paul Éluard, Lorenzo Valla, Wilhelm Grimm, Callimachus, Nâzım Hikmet, and Doris Lessing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Paul Celan ranks 11. Before him are Charles Bukowski, Rosalind Franklin, Toshiro Mifune, Ray Bradbury, Farouk of Egypt, and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. After him are Mario Puzo, Owen Chamberlain, Melina Mercouri, Gianni Rodari, Frank Herbert, and Amália Rodrigues. Among people deceased in 1970, Paul Celan ranks 19. Before him are Mark Rothko, Nelly Sachs, François Mauriac, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Peter II of Yugoslavia, and Édouard Daladier. After him are Otto Heinrich Warburg, Rudolf Carnap, Semyon Timoshenko, Leslie Groves, C. V. Raman, and Eric Berne.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Paul Celan ranks 20 out of 844. Before him are Mircea Eliade (1907), Theodoric I (393), Leo I the Thracian (401), Carol II of Romania (1893), Béla Kun (1886), and Stephen III of Moldavia (1433). After him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Herta Müller (1953), Ion Iliescu (1930), Vlad II Dracul (1395), and György Ligeti (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Paul Celan ranks 3. Before him are Eugène Ionesco (1909), and Tristan Tzara (1896). After him are Herta Müller (1953), Elie Wiesel (1928), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), and Ion Luca Caragiale (1852).

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