Literary Award Continuing the work he began with Breathturn and Threadsuns, Celan further explores the great poetic "Wende" or change that characterized his last three works.
Pierre Joris lives in Albany, New York and teaches of SUNY-Albany..
He spent most of his life in Paris writing in German before committing suicide.
About the Author: Born in Bukovina (now part of Romania) Celan saw his father and mother die because of the Nazi take over of their country and their imprisonment in camps.
Translator Pierre Joris has achieved a great feat in bringing these three volumes into the English language.
Once again this bilingual volume, translated in this edition for the first time in English, reveals the importance of the great Romanian-German poet, who lived for most of his life in France.
Literary Award Continuing the work he began with Breathturn and Threadsuns, Celan further explores the great poetic "Wende" or change that characterized his last three works
