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Meaning of "Celan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CELAN

Celan  [ˈsɛlæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CELAN

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Celan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CELAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paul Celan

Paul Celan was a Romanian poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel into a Jewish family in the former Kingdom of Romania, and changed his name to "Paul Celan", becoming one of the major German-language poets of the post-World War II era.

Definition of Celan in the English dictionary

The definition of Celan in the dictionary is Paul, real name Paul Antschel. 1920–70, Romanian Jewish poet, writing in German, whose work reflects the experience of Nazi persecution.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CELAN


Catalan
ˈkætəˌlæn
clan
klæn
flan
flæn
gamelan
ˈɡæmɪˌlæn
Klan
klæn
Milan
mɪˈlæn
plan
plæn
rataplan
ˌrætəˈplæn
replan
riːˈplæn
tolan
ˈtəʊlæn
xylan
ˈzaɪlæn
yulan
ˈjuːlæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CELAN

Cela
celadon
Celaeno
celandine
Celaya
celeb
Celebes
Celebes Sea

WORDS THAT END LIKE CELAN

action plan
Alan
Basilan
business plan
Dylan
floor plan
Guatemalan
hallan
hyalomelan
Macmillan
Magellan
master plan
McMillan
Nolan
open-plan
ortolan
raglan
ulan
urodelan
Venezuelan

Synonyms and antonyms of Celan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Celan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CELAN

Find out the translation of Celan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Celan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Celan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

策兰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Celan
570 millions of speakers

English

Celan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Celan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيلان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Целан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Celan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Celan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Celan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Celan
190 millions of speakers

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Celan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツェラン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Celan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Celan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Celan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Celan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेलन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Celan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Celan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Celan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Целан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Celan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Celan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Celan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Celan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

celan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Celan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CELAN»

The term «Celan» is regularly used and occupies the 89.513 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CELAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Celan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CELAN»

Discover the use of Celan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Celan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew
Felstiner's book is, on every level, superb: it is essential to anyone interested in the work of one of the greatest and most moving Jewish poets of our turbulent time. --Elie Wiesel.
John Felstiner, 2001
2
Celan Studies
Peter Szondi's Celan Studies marked the beginning of critical work on Paul Celan, the most important German poet of the second half of the twentieth century. The book's three studies each concentrate on a different Celan poem.
Peter Szondi, 2003
3
Sovereignties in Question: The Poetics of Paul Celan
This book brings together five powerful encounters.
Jacques Derrida, Thomas Dutoit, Outi Pasanen, 2005
4
Paul Celan: Selections
The best introduction to the work of Paul Celan, this anthology offers a broad collection of his writing in unsurpassed English translations along with a wealth of commentaries by major writers and philosophers.
Paul Celan, Pierre Joris, 2005
5
Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger: An Unresolved Conversation, ...
In the first systematic analysis of the Celan and Heidegger's troubled relationship between 1951 and 1970, Lyon describes how the poet and the philosopher read and responded to each other's work throughout the period.
James K. Lyon, 2006
6
Collected Prose
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Paul Celan, 2003
7
Gadamer on Celan: "Who Am I and Who Are You?" and Other Essays
This book also contains a translation of Who Am I and Who Are You?, the centerpeice of Gadamer's most important philosophical project since the publication of Truth and Method (1960).
Hans-Georg Gadamer, Richard Heinemann, Bruce Krajewski, 1997
8
Economy of the Unlost: (Reading Simonides of Keos with Paul ...
This book's juxtaposition of the two poets illuminates their differences--Simonides' fundamental faith in the power of the word, Celan's ultimate despair--as well as their similarities; it provides fertile ground for the virtuosic interplay ...
Anne Carson, 2009
9
Word Traces: Readings of Paul Celan
This volume begins with the first complete English translation of "Shibboleth for Paul Celan.
Aris Fioretos, 1994
10
Correspondence: Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan : with the ...
Post-World War II poet, translator, essayist and lecturer, Paul Celan (1920-70) was influenced by French Surrealism and Symbolism.
Ingeborg Bachmann, Paul Celan, Bertrand Badiou, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CELAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Celan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Opinionator | Change Comes From the Margins
... Munch, Malevich, Brancusi, Picasso, Chagall, Kafka, Borges, Joyce, Frida Kahlo, Paul Celan and Fernando Pessoa, to name just a few. «New York Times, Jun 15»
2
Book recommendations from Moe's Books
Romanian Poems, by Paul Celan, translated by Nina Cassian: Celan wrote in Romanian until 1948, when he began writing in German. «SFGate, Jun 15»
3
Aucoin's music a work in progress yet given fine advocacy at Rockport
His baton was also well deployed in a performance of his Celan Songs (2014), ... Based on poetry of Paul Celan, these songs capture Aucoin's ... «Boston Classical Review, Jun 15»
4
Kodaline exclusive interview and cover of Michael Jackson's Billie …
The Jewish poet Paul Celan described his poems as spiritual paths “for projecting ourselves into the search for ourselves... a kind of ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
5
What James Merrill Thought of the Jews
Likewise, when Michael Hamburger (1924–2007), an English poet of German Jewish origin who translated the works of Paul Celan and ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Jun 15»
6
Jewish poets read Jewish poets
The roster is intergenerational, ranging from David Meltzer and Norma Cole to Suzanne Stein and Alli Warren, reading the likes of Paul Celan, ... «SFGate, Jun 15»
7
June 11: A.R. Rahman, Colleen and more
... the works of late Jewish writers such as Joel Oppenheimer, Paul Celan, Gertrude Stein and more. [6:30 p.m., Contemporary Jewish Museum, ... «San Francisco Examiner, Jun 15»
8
Famed Composer and Wife Die in House Fire
... “Holocaust Requiem – Kaddish for the Children of Terezin,” which was inspired by poems by Jewish writers Nelly Sachs and Paul Celan. «Jewish Daily Forward, May 15»
9
When Orhan Pamuk met Anselm Kiefer
A woman looking at Kiefer's The Autumn's Whisper - for Paul Celan at Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. Photograph: Alamy. Texts and images ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
10
Phil Klay and Claudia Rankine among finalists for PEN literary awards
"Breathturn into Timestead," by Paul Celan, translated from the German by Pierre Joris (Farrar Straus Giroux). - "Guantanamo," by Frank Smith, ... «STLtoday.com, Apr 15»

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