PaulCelanwasbornin1920intheEastEuropeanprovinceofBukovina.Soonafterhisparents,German-speakingJews,hadperishedatthehandsoftheNazis,Celanwrote"Todesfuge"("Death-fugue"),th
“InthebeginningIwassoyoungandsuchastrangertomyselfIhardlyexisted.Ihadtogooutintotheworldandseeitandhearitandreacttoit,beforeIknewatallwhoIwas,whatIwas,what