“The poem is lonely. It is lonely and en route. Its author stays with it. Does this very fact not place the poem already here, at its inception, in the encounter, in the mystery of encounter?” DoeFactsPoetryMysteryLonelinessPoetLonelyEncountersRoutesInception Book:Paul Celan: Selections Source: Paul Celan: Selections
“German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts "beauty." It tries to be truthful.” TryingDifferentTruthPoetryLanguageBeautyPoetPoetry IsTruthfulSoberDistrustFactualDifferent DirectionsBeing TruthfulFrench Poetry Book:Collected Prose Source: Collected Prose
“There's nothing in the world for which a poet will give up writing, not even he is a Jew and the language of his poems is German.” WorldGivingWritingLanguagePoetGiving UpJew Author:Paul Celan
