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Quotation by Nelly Sachs
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"Bewitched is half of everything" translated by Michael Hamburger, et al. (1967; first edition in German: 1957)"Chorus of the Orphans" translated by Michael Hamburger, et al. (1967; first edition in German: 1946)"O the chimneys" translated by Michael Hamburger, et al. (1967; first edition in German: 1946)"O the night of the weeping children!" translated by Michael Hamburger, et al. (1967; first edition in German: 1946)"Someone Comes" translated by Michael Hamburger, et al. (1967; first edition in German: 1958)
Why the black answer of hate/to your existence/Israel?
Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), German Jewish poet and translator; relocated to Sweden. "Why the black answer of hate," opening and closing lines, translated by Michael Hamburger, et al. (1967; first edition in German: 1949).
Sachs was cowinner of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature. The modern state of Israel was founded in 1948; however, Sachs also sometimes used the word "Israel" to refer to the totality of Jewish people.
Sachs was cowinner of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature. The modern state of Israel was founded in 1948; however, Sachs also sometimes used the word "Israel" to refer to the totality of Jewish people.
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