Nelly Sachs
Born
in Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
December 13, 1901
Died
May 12, 1970
Genre
Influences
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Gedichte
13 editions
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published
1977
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O The Chimneys; Selected Poems, Including The Verse Play, Eli - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by
7 editions
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published
1967
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Glowing Enigmas
by
5 editions
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published
1966
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Flight and Metamorphosis: Poems: A Bilingual Edition
by
6 editions
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published
1959
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Collected Poems I: (1944-1949) (Green Integer)
3 editions
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published
2003
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Fahrt ins Staublose: Gedichte (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch)
3 editions
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published
1961
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In den Wohnungen des Todes
4 editions
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published
1947
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Den store anonyme
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The seeker, and other poems
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Samlade dikter
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2001
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“World, they have taken the small children like butterflies and thrown them, beating their wings, into the fire--”
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“You remember the footprint
All that is forgotten you remember from eternity
You remember the footprint which filled with death
As the myrmidon approached.
You remember the child's trembling lips
As they had to learn their farewell to their mother.
You remember the mother's hands which scooped out a grave
For the child which had starved at her breast.
You remember the mindless words
That a bride spoke into the air to her dead bridegroom.”
― Collected Poems I: (1944-1949)
All that is forgotten you remember from eternity
You remember the footprint which filled with death
As the myrmidon approached.
You remember the child's trembling lips
As they had to learn their farewell to their mother.
You remember the mother's hands which scooped out a grave
For the child which had starved at her breast.
You remember the mindless words
That a bride spoke into the air to her dead bridegroom.”
― Collected Poems I: (1944-1949)
“Always
there where children die
stone and star
and so many dreams
become homeless.”
― Collected Poems I: (1944-1949)
there where children die
stone and star
and so many dreams
become homeless.”
― Collected Poems I: (1944-1949)
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