Paperback. 11 offers from $19.49. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1966. Nelly Sachs (10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German-Swedish poet and playwright. Customers who bought this item also bought. Her first collection of poems was published in 1946 and entitled 'In the mansions of death', this collection of poems deals especially with the night, the memory and exile. Nelly Sachs was born in Berlin in 1891, and her early work, rooted in the German romantic tradition, underwent a transformation as the Nazis rose to power.
Revelations of the heavy heart grow through the skin. Nelly Sachs. 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 Jewish people. Paperback. $17.00. Next. Nelly Sachs, Flight and Metamorphosis: An Illustrated Biography Aris Fioretos. Nelly Sachs, born on December 10, 1891 and died on May 12, 1970 in Stockholm, is a Swedish, Jewish, German-speaking poet of the twentieth century. Behind the walls of words – silence –. Her collections of poetry include In den Wohungen des Todes ( In the Houses of Death) (1946), Stemverdunkelung ( Eclipse of Stars) (1949), Und niemand weiss weiter ( And No One Knows Where to Go ) (1957), and Flucht und Verwandlung ( Flight and Metamorphosis) (1959). Her best-known play is Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels (1950); other works include the poems "Zeichen im Sand" (1962), … When she fled to Sweden in 1940, as she has attested, language was all she had left. Paperback. Her best-known play is Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels (1950); other works include the poems "Zeichen im Sand" (1962), "Verzauberung" (1970), and the collections of poetry In den Wohnungen des Todes (1947), Flucht und V… Glowing Enigmas Nelly Sachs. Eyes gaze over the glacial waters of suffering. 4.1 out of 5 stars 3. Nelly Sachs (10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a Jewish German poet and playwright whose 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. for the white battlements of nothingness. Outside. $32.00. Dance breaks into the Godspace of love. 5.0 out of 5 stars 2. She has also translated Swedish poetry anthologies into German. Vor den Wänden der Worte – Schweigen –. In the dark the hands grope. the star sustains the wound of life –.