Facts about Paul Celan

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   Celan's poetry collection 'Mohn und Gedächtnis' (Poppy and Memory), published in 1952, brought him widespread recognition in the German literary world.

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   Paul Celan's poem 'Todesfuge' was initially titled 'Tango of Death' before receiving its final name, which translates to 'Death Fugue.

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   In 1960, Paul Celan received the Georg Büchner Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the German-speaking world.

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   A major influence on Paul Celan was the Romanian poet Rose Ausländer, with whom he shared roots in the multilingual city of Czernowitz.

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   Born in Czernowitz, Paul Celan survived the Holocaust after his parents were deported to a Nazi labor camp, where both perished.

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   The suicide of Paul Celan in 1970, by drowning in the Seine River in Paris, came after years of severe depression and psychiatric treatment.

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   Romanian-born poet Paul Celan wrote 'Todesfuge,' one of the most celebrated poems about the Holocaust, in his adopted language of German.

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