À margem do abismo: uma interpretação poetológica de “Zürich, zum Storchen”, de Paul Celan

Abstract

The poem “Zurich, zum Storchen” by Paul Celan is often read as a document on the tension between Celan and Nelly Sachs, which resulted particularly from their different attitudes to the Shoah. However if the poem is read in connection with the cycle Die Niemandsrose and with Celan’s poetological thinking at this time, Celan’s opposite standpoint means much more than a theological discussion: it serves for the affirmation of human presence.