This is surely true in the case of the relationship between Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973) and Paul Celan (1920–1970). “Love is always a very private matter, and it is only by means of the extent to which the lovers are known that an element of public awareness and interest is added to it. Klaus Hübner observes in his review of the book’s publication: Heart’s Time (Herzzeit) is the title of a book published in Germany in 2008 (the English translation has been published in 2010) containing more than 200 items of correspondence between the two lovers, friends.ĭr. Bachmann died in rather strange circumstances in a fire in Rome, in 1973. She wrote poems, libretti, novels and is considered one of the most talented German – Austrian writers of the 20th century. Ingeborg Bachmann, was born in 1926 in Klagenfurt, Austria. Celan committed suicide in Paris, in 1970, before turning 50. He became one of the most prominent 20th century poets. Paul Celan was born in 1920 in Bucovina, Romania.
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