Nelly Sachs, (10 December 1891, Berlin – 12 May 1970, Stockholm) was a German poet and dramatist who was transformed by the Nazi experience from a dilettante into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX in Roman) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air (help· info) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. ... A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ...

Born in Schöneberg, Berlin in 1891, she fled in 1940 to Sweden. She was a friend of Selma Lagerlöf and Hilde Domin. When, with Shmuel Yosef Agnon, she was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, she observed that Agnon represented Israel whereas "I represent the tragedy of the Jewish people." Schöneberg is a district of Berlin. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Selma Lagerlöf, painted by Carl Larsson, 1908 Selma Lagerlöf receives the Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish 20-krona bill, with Selma Lagerlöf â–¶(?) (November 20, 1858 – March 16, 1940) was a Swedish author, known internationally for Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (a story for children), and... Hilde Domin (27 July 1909 – 22 February 2006), whose real name was Hilde Palm, was a German lyric poet and writer. ... Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון; known as shay agnon, born Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes) (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature (1966). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes...

On her passing in 1970, Nelly Sachs was interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. Norra begravningsplatsen Norra begravningsplatsen, translated as the Northern Burial Place but often referred to as the Northern Cemetery, is a major cemetery of Stockholm, Sweden in the area of the city known as Solna. ...

A memorial plaque commemorates her Birthplace, Maaßenstraße 12, in Schöneberg, Berlin; where there is also a Park, in Dennewitzstraße, named after her. Schöneberg is a district of Berlin. ...

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (ru: Михаил Александрович Шолохов) (May 24, 1905 (Old Style May 11) - February 21, 1984) was a Russian novelist. ... Winners of the Nobel prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. ... Miguel Ángel Asturias (October 19, 1899 – June 9, 1974) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. ...

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• Nelly Sachs more info
• Hilde Domin, a lyric colleague and friend
• [1] Map showing location of Maaßenstraße and Nelly-Sachs-Park in Berlin-Schöneberg.