{"product_id":"9780892552757","title":"Poems of Paul Celan","description":" The peerless translations of this haunted—and haunting—Holocaust poet, including ten new poems and an illuminating essay by the translator. Paul Celan is one the twentieth century's most essential poets, and twenty-two years after its publication, Poems of Paul Celan continues to be the single truest access for English-speakers to this poet's work. This new edition adds ten more poems and a significant essay, \"On Translating Celan\" by Michael Hamburger.\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: A Romanian Jew, \u003cb\u003ePaul Celan\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1920. He survived the death of both of his parents at the hands of the Nazis and eighteen months in a labor camp before escaping to Paris, where he spent most of his adult life. Celan was never able to overcome his sense of loss and alienation following the Second World War, and he died, a suicide, in 1970. For his Celan translations, \u003cb\u003eMichael Hamburger\u003c\/b\u003e was awarded the Schlegel-Tieck Prize, and the prestigious Goethe medal.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Persea Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033985630448,"sku":"9780892552757","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780892552757_p0.jpg?v=1763858216","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780892552757","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}