Celan

British  

/ ˈsɛlæn /

noun

1. Paul, real name Paul Antschel. 1920–70, Romanian Jewish poet, writing in German, whose work reflects the experience of Nazi persecution

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Example Sentences

Your attention to the indeterminate and obscured brings to mind another source, the poet Paul Celan, who wrote: “Speaks true who speaks shadows.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2022

These range from the kabbalah to perhaps his favored poet, Paul Celan.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Based on the poetry of Paul Celan, the show features Tines and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo along with soprano Julia Bullock and tenor Paul Appleby.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2021

Steiner contributed to The New Yorker, the Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian among other publications and was credited with exposing English-language readers to such European writers as Walter Benjamin and Paul Celan.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2020

The king of that Island of Celan hath the largest and finest ruby in existence.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry