Biography: general

Paul Celan. References

by Petro Rykhlo

Description

The book contains articles and essays describing the life of the outstanding German-speaking poet of the 20th century, a native of Chernivtsi, Paul Celan. The book explores his Bukovinian roots (Bukovyna is a historical region located both in Ukraine and Romania), little-known pages of his biography, connections with the Slavic and Jewish groups, personal and creative contacts with such authors as Alfred Margul-Sperber, Ingeborg Bachmann, Bertolt Brecht. The reader will also take a note on the role and significance of music in Celan’s works. The book is published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth and 50th anniversary of his death. The publication is intended for literary critics, philosophers, cultural experts and anyone interested in the history of development of the 20th century German lyrics.

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Author Biography

Petro Rykhlo is a Ukrainian literary critic, translator, doctor of philological sciences (PhD), professor at Yuriy Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University. He translated into Ukrainian the works of Gregor von Rezzori, Rosa Auslender, Manes Sperber, Karl Lubomyrsky, Karl Emil Franzos, Georg Drozdovsky, Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Alfred Gong, Rainer Kunze, Josef Burg, Aaron Appelfeld, Salcia Landmann. Rykhlo also authored the following monographs: "Poetics of dialogue: the work of Paul Celan as an intertext", "Shibboleth: the search for Jewish identity in the German-language poetry of Bukovyna". He was the compiler of the anthology of German-language poetry of Bukovyna "The Lost Harp" and a ten-volume edition of Paul Celan's poems.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Dukh i Litera
  • Publication Date 2020
  • Orginal LanguageUkrainian
  • ISBN/Identifier 9789663787947
  • Publication Country or regionUkraine
  • Pages464
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleПауль Целан. Референції
  • Original Language AuthorsРихло Петро

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