What prize did Nelly Sachs receive in 1966?
The Booker Prize
The Pulitzer Prize
The Nobel Prize in Literature
The PEN/Faulkner Award
Answer
Nelly Sachs received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. The prize was awarded for her poetry, which dealt with Themes of loss, exile, and redemption. Sachs was born in Germany in 1891 and was a Jewish poet. She was forced to flee Germany during the Nazi era and lived in Sweden for the rest of her life.
Nelly Sachs: The Triumph of Resilience and Literary Genius
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