Nelly Sachs

Nobel Prize in Literature 1966

“for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength”

Nelly Sachs was a German-Swedish poet and playwright. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966, shared with Shmuel Yosef Agnon, for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength. Her work often dealt with the fate of Jewish people and the Holocaust.