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Nelly Sachs. 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. 1891–1970. Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. 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.
May 9, 2024 · 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. When, with Shmuel Yosef Agnon, she was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, she observed that Agnon represented Israel whereas “I ...
Leonie Nelly Sachs, born in Berlin on December 10, 1891. As refugee, arrived in Sweden with my mother on May 16, 1940. Since then living in Stockholm and active as writer and translator. Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), daughter of a wealthy manufacturer, grew up in a fashionable area of Berlin. She studied music and dancing and at an early age began ...
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.
Oct 24, 2023 · Nelly Sachs died of cancer on May 12, 1970, only a few days after her friend Celan committed suicide in Paris. In 2010, the native Berliner’s poetic work was honored on the 40 th anniversary of her death in an exhibit at the Jewish Museum Berlin. The associated traveling exhibit included stops in Stockholm, Zurich, Frankurt, and Dortmund and ...
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. Born Leonie Sachs on December 10, 1891, in Berlin, Germany; died on May 12, 1970, at St. Görans-Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden; buried next to her parents in the Jewish cemetery in Haga Norra ...
May 11, 2018 · Nelly Sachs >The German-born poet and playwright Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), winner of the >Nobel Prize [1], 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.
