Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Nelly Sachs
Born: December 10, 1891
Died: May 12, 1970 (aged 78)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs
- Fahrt ins Staublose (1961)
- Collected Poems I, 1944-1949
- O the chimneys (1967)
- The seeker, and other poems