Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan (2001), translated by John Felstiner, includes "Late and Deep" as well as other representative poems by Celan. Both German and English texts of the poem are presented.

Night (1960), by Elie Wiesel, is a very personal account of the Holocaust by a man who was approximately the same age as Celan and came from the same part of Europe.

The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry (1990), by Leni Yahil, is a dense volume that might be better sampled than read cover to cover. Nevertheless, it is a valuable detailed account of the Shoah.

John Felstiner's Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew (1997) is the first full-length biography of the poet in English. It includes details of Celan's personal life as well as the sources and methods of his poetry.

Jerry Glenn's Paul Celan (1972) is a good introduction...