Tag Archives | Paul Celan

Skipping with Jack Mapanje

By on July 6, 2012 in Poetry

Continuing with exile, writing, language, fight for freedom and human rights, it’s not sufficient to mention what an Eastern European poet like Paul Celan has in common with African writing; for instance,  Jack Mapanje. The consolation we find in language, however “foreign,” the haunting quality and the brokenness that language and rhythm carry to convey […]

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Paul Celan on my mind

By on June 30, 2012 in Poetry

Paul Celan has been on my mind, particularly his most known poem, Death Fugue. The Romanian poet and translator wrote in German, but lived and died  in Paris. I came to know his writings when I took a class on Eastern European writers, and never looked back because I found a lot in common with […]

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