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Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970)

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  • Nelly Sachs, poet and playwright, was born in Berlin in 1891. Her first poems were published in 1929. In 1940 she and her mother fled to Sweden, where she was granted nationality in 1952. Her correspondence with Paul Celan began in 1954. In 1966 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She died in 1970.
     'Andrew Shanks' translation comes with a thoughtful introduction and illuminating notes on the poems... Shanks' enthusiasm for Sachs' genius shines through his superb effort to render these poems in English clearly, without affectation.... Coming to terms with Revelation Freshly Erupting is not the work of a day, but reading right through in a few sessions repays us with the unfolding of one woman's "dark night of the soul". Sachs holds nothing back'
    Dilys Wood, Artemis Poetry
    Awards won by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) Winner, 1966 The Nobel Prize for Literature
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