Lit in Translation

Nelly Sachs

Born 1891 · Germany, Sweden

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Warwick Prize 2024 · Winner

    Revelation Freshly Erupting

    Revelation Freshly Erupting

    Nelly Sachs · 132 when first published

    Poetry · 560 pages · War

    Translated by Andrew Shanks

    AI-generated summary:The complete poems the poet saw into print, plus a collection published after her death: a mourning of the Jews murdered in the Shoah that grows to take in the Bible and Kabbalah, personal loss, psychiatric crisis and the poet's vocation.