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Nelly Sachs

Born

in Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany

December 13, 1901

Died

May 12, 1970

Genre

Poetry

Influences

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The suffering of the Jewish people during World War II based work of German writer Nelly Sachs, who shared the Nobel Prize of 1966 for literature.

"For her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength," she shared the award with Shmuel Yosef Agnon.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 862 ratings · 120 reviews · 103 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gedichte 3.81 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O The Chimneys; Selected Poems, Including The Verse Play, Eli - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Nelly Sachs, Michael Hamburger (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glowing Enigmas by Nelly Sachs, Michael Hamburger (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1966 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight and Metamorphosis: Poems: A Bilingual Edition by Nelly Sachs, Joshua Weiner (Translation) 3.96 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1959 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems I 4.02 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In den Wohnungen des Todes 3.89 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1947 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Den store anonyme 2.97 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The seeker, and other poems 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samlade dikter by Nelly Sachs, Rolf Moberg (Translator), Gunnar D Hansson (Foreword) 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tähestiku laip tõuseb hauast by Nelly Sachs, Rein Raud (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“World, they have taken the small children like butterflies and thrown them, beating their wings, into the fire--”
― Nelly Sachs

tags: poverty, war

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“You remember the footprint

All that is forgotten you remember from eternity

You remember the footprint which filled with death
As the myrmidon approached.
You remember the child's trembling lips
As they had to learn their farewell to their mother.
You remember the mother's hands which scooped out a grave
For the child which had starved at her breast.
You remember the mindless words
That a bride spoke into the air to her dead bridegroom.”
― Nelly Sachs, Collected Poems I

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“Always
there where children die
stone and star
and so many dreams
become homeless.”
― Nelly Sachs, Collected Poems I

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