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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1960s (79) 1966 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Female (51) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1891 (6) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Schöneberg (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1970 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, Nordic countries (49) Sweden (29) Stockholm (13) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) N (18) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 76 (19) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (13) D (6) Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (6) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) Droste-Preis (1) M-N (333) N (205) Nelly Sachs Prize (3) O-P (364) P (242) Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (10) complete name: Nelly Sachs nobel prize: literature award year: 1966 together with: Shmuel Yosef Agnon prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966 was divided equally between Shmuel Yosef Agnon "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people" and Nelly Sachs "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts birth name: Leonie Sachs given name: Nelly family name: Sachs occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: playwright occupation: translator field of work: poetry description: Nelly Sachs was a Jewish German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. Her best-known play is Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels (1950); other works include the poems "Zeichen im Sand" (1962), "Verzauberung" (1970), and the collections of poetry In den Wohnungen des Todes (1947), Flucht und Verwandlung (1959), Fahrt ins Staublose (1961), and Suche nach Lebenden (1971). She was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1966/summary/> date birth: 1891 date death: 1970 usual name: Nelly Sachs
