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How old was Nelly Sachs when she received the Nobel Prize?

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Nelly Sachs was 75 years old when she received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. She was born in Germany in 1891 and was a Jewish poet and playwright. She was forced to flee Nazi Germany in 1933 and lived in Sweden for the rest of her life. Her work is often characterized by its themes of loss, exile, and the Holocaust.
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