Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs

December 10, 1891 – May 12, 1970
Place of Birth: Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany
Place of Death: Stockholm, Sweden

Nelly Sachs (10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a Swedish poet and playwright of Jewish German birth. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. Her best-known play is de Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels} (1950); other works include the poems "de Zeichen im Sand}" (1962), "de Verzauberung}" (1970), and the collections of poetry de In den Wohnungen des Todes} (1947), de Flucht und Verwandlung} (1959), de Fahrt ins Staublose} (1961), and de Suche nach Lebenden} (1971). She was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.