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Nelly Sachs ( German pronunciation: [ˈnɛliː zaks] ⓘ; 10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German–Swedish poet and playwright. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews.
Nelly Sachs’s career as a poet of note started only after her emigration, when she was nearly fifty years old. Her first volume of poetry, In den Wohnungen des Todes (In the Houses of Death), 1947, creates a cosmic frame for the suffering of her time, particularly that of the Jews.
Nelly Sachs (born Dec. 10, 1891, Berlin, Ger.—died May 12, 1970, Stockholm, Swed.) was a German poet and dramatist who became a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews.
Nelly Sachs. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966. Born: 10 December 1891, Berlin, Germany. Died: 12 May 1970, Stockholm, Sweden. Residence at the time of the award: Sweden. Prize motivation: “for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength” Language: German. Prize share: 1/2. Life.
Dramatist and poet Nelly Sachs was born into a Jewish family in Berlin in 1891. Her father was a manufacturer, and the family lived a comfortable, middle-class life. Sachs studied dance and literature and began writing when she was an adolescent. During that time, she also began corresponding with…
Nelly Sachs’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1966. (Translation) In the summer of 1939 a German girl friend of mine went to Sweden to visit Selma Lagerlöf, to ask her to secure a sanctuary for my mother and myself in that country.
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1966 Nobel Laureate in Literature. for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength. Background. December 10, 1891-1970 Place of birth: Berlin, Germany.
Sachs, Nelly (1891–1970) German-Jewish poet and playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966 for her work commemorating the suffering of Holocaust victims. Pronunciation: SAX.
May 11, 2018 · Nelly Sachs. The German-born poet and playwright Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), winner of the Nobel Prize, is noted for her austere but moving work, which constitutes a solemn monument to the hardships and sorrows of the Jewish people. Born on Dec. 10, 1891, into a wealthy Jewish family, Nelly Sachs grew up in Berlin.
