“The landscape from which I come [...] it was a district of men and books”. The reception of Paul Celan’s work in Ukraine

Abstract

The article aims to investigate the reception of Paul Celan’s work in Ukraine after long years during which his name had been erased from the country’s cultural life. The work attempts to trace the path that led to the translation of his opera omnia, highlighting its difficulties and vicissitudes. By analysing the impact Celan’s poetry had on the Ukrainian’s intellectual life, it will elucidate the peculiar aspects of the reception in the works of the most prominent contemporary Ukrainian artists, writers, poets and musicians.