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Nelly Sachs was a German-born Jewish poet renowned for her profound poetic works. Born on December 10, 1891, in Leipzig, Germany, she passed away on May 12, 1970, in Sweden. Sachs' poetry was deeply influenced by Jewish culture and German Romanticism, expressing profound reflections on history, memory, and human suffering.

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“Apretad, oh apretad sobre el día de la destrucción sobre la tierra el oído en escucha, y oiréis, a través del sueño oiréis como en la muerte comienza la vida.”

Poesía Holocausto Versos

Author:Nelly Sachs

“When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of its stall, then the fire-breathing union begins anew . . .”

Men Body Sleep Secret Fire Unions Smoke Breathing Quarrels Nagging Sated

Book:O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli

Source: O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli

“When sleep enters the body like smoke and man journeys into the abyss like an extinguished star that is lighted elsewhere, then all quarrel ceases, overworked nag that has tossed the nightmare grip of its rider.”

Men Body Stars Sleep Journey Dying Cease Smoke Nightmare Holocaust Elsewhere Abyss Quarrels Riders

Book:O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli

Source: O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli

“Instead of a homeland I hold the metamorphoses of the world.”

World Homeland Metamorphosis

Author:Nelly Sachs

“But silence is where victims dwell.”

Silence Victim Silence Is

Author:Nelly Sachs

“To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.”

Reality Seems Tales Fairy Fairy Tale

Book:Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme

Source: Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme

“We breathed the air of freedom without knowing the language or any person.”

Persons Language Knowing Air

Book:Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme

Source: Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme

“World, they have taken the small children like butterflies and thrown them, beating their wings, into the fire--”

World Children Taken Fire Wings Thrown Butterfly Small Child Like A Butterfly

Author:Nelly Sachs

“We mothers rock into the heart of the world the melody of peace.”

World Heart Mother Rocks Melody

Book:Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme

Source: Nelly Sachs, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Bernard Shaw, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, René Sully-Prudhomme

About the Author

Born: December 10, 1891
Died: May 12, 1970
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 9

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