Breathturn - Paul Celan

A German-English Bilingual Edition. Breathturn (German: Atemwende ) is the first of Paul Celan's three major poetry books before his death by suicide in 1970. This book brilliantly reveals the Wende or turning point of his writing. Translator Pierre Joris won the 2004 PEN Translation Award for Paul Celan's Lightduress .