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Title: BREATHTURN

Publisher: Sun and Moon Press, Los Angeles - First Edition

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Translated from the German by Pierre Joris—winner of the 2004 PEN Translation Award for Celan’s Lightduress—the is the first of Celan’s three major books of poetry before his death by suicide. Considered by many to be one of Celan’s major writings, Breathturn brilliant reveals the “Wende” or turn of writing.

About the Author:

Born in Bukovina (now part of Romania) Celan saw his father and mother die because of the Nazi take over of their country and their imprisonment in camps. He spent most of his life in Paris writing in German before committing suicide. Pierre Joris lives in Albany, New York and teaches of SUNY-Albany.

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