Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) was a dramatist and poet. Born into a Jewish family in Berlin, she was forced to flee Germany and escape to Sweden with her mother in 1940, where she worked as a translator. Her collections of poetry include In the Habitations of Death , Eclipse of Stars , And No One Knows Where to Go , and Flight and Metamorphosis. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.

Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) was a dramatist and poet. Born into a Jewish family in Berlin, she was forced to flee Germany and escape to Sweden with her mother in 1940, where she worked as a translator. Her collections of poetry include In the Habitations of Death , Eclipse of Stars , And No One Knows Where to Go , and Flight and Metamorphosis. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. See less