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Nelly Sachs

nobel prize for literature


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Nelly Sachs
Full Name
of the recipient		Nelly Sachs
AwardNobel Prize in Literature
Year of Award1966
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withShmuel Yosef Agnon (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength
Place of BirthBerlin, Germany DEU
Date of Birth10 December 1891
Age
at the time of Award		74 years
Place of DeathStockholm, Sweden SWE
Date of Death12 May 1970
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