The Other Voice: Translations from the Übertragungen of Paul Celan

Retranslating Celan's translations of Shakespeare, Dickinson, Rimbaud and more reveals new insights on the circularity of language

Born in Romania into a German-speaking family and recognized as one of the most important postwar poets, Paul Celan (1920-70) is also celebrated for his meticulous German translations of a wide range of works by such luminaries as Dickinson, Mandelstam, Rimbaud, Shakespeare and Ungaretti. Inspired by the close relation between Celan's work as Überträger, or "tran...