Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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