Introduction by Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs (German: Nelly Sachs, December 10, 1891 - May 12, 1970), German-language poet and playwright, was born in Berlin on December 10, 1891, into a wealthy Jewish family of factory owners.She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, along with Agnon***. Sachs was born in Berlin, Germany, and went into exile in Sweden in 1940. Sachs's dramatic creations mainly include the famous drama anthology "Marks on the Sand" (1962), which contains 14 plays, of which the poetic drama "Eli" was most appreciated by the Nobel Prize jury. Sachs studied the romanticism of Goethe and Schiller early in his career before turning to the traditional culture of the Jewish people after Hitler came to power, exploring the mystical Jewish teachings of the Bible-Old Testament.