1891 - 1970
Nelly Sachs (German pronunciation: [ˈnɛliː zaks] ; 10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German–Swedish poet and playwright. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. Her best-known play is Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels (1950); other works include the poems "Zeichen im Sand" (1962), "Verzauberung" (1970), and the collections of poetry In den Wohnungen des Todes (1947), Flucht und Verwandlung (1959), Fahrt ins Staublose (1961), and Suche nach Lebenden (1971). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nelly Sachs has received more than 955,583 page views. Her biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Nelly Sachs is the 241st most popular writer (up from 405th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Germany (up from 346th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Writer.
Nelly Sachs was a German-Jewish poet who wrote in Swedish. She is most famous for her poem "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (I have become lost to the world).
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Among writers, Nelly Sachs ranks 241 out of 5,755. Before her are François de La Rochefoucauld, Anna Akhmatova, Philip K. Dick, Coen brothers, Torquato Tasso, and Doris Lessing. After her are Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Jacob Grimm, Sallust, J. K. Rowling, Germaine de Staël, and Bram Stoker.
1613 - 1680
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 235
1889 - 1966
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 236
1928 - 1982
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 237
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 238
1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 239
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 240
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 241
1201 - 1274
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 242
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 243
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 244
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 245
1766 - 1817
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 246
1847 - 1912
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 247
Among people born in 1891, Nelly Sachs ranks 11. Before her are B. R. Ambedkar, Mikhail Bulgakov, Walter Model, James Chadwick, Max Ernst, and Edith Stein. After her are Henry Miller, Frederick Banting, Pär Lagerkvist, Walther Bothe, Rudolf Carnap, and Rafael Trujillo. Among people deceased in 1970, Nelly Sachs ranks 13. Before her are Jimi Hendrix, Erich Maria Remarque, Yukio Mishima, Sukarno, Hjalmar Schacht, and Max Born. After her are Édouard Daladier, Alexander Kerensky, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Mark Rothko, Paul Celan, and François Mauriac.
1891 - 1956
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 5
1891 - 1940
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 6
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 7
1891 - 1974
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 8
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 9
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 10
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 11
1891 - 1980
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 12
1891 - 1941
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 13
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 14
1891 - 1957
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 15
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 16
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 17
1942 - 1970
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 7
1898 - 1970
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 8
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 9
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 10
1877 - 1970
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 11
1882 - 1970
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 12
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 13
1884 - 1970
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 14
1881 - 1970
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 15
1923 - 1970
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 16
1903 - 1970
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 17
1920 - 1970
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 18
1885 - 1970
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Nelly Sachs ranks 195 out of 6,142. Before her are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Edith Stein (1891), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), and Emil Fischer (1852). After her are Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Jacob Grimm (1785), Michel Ney (1769), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), and Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717).
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 189
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 190
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 191
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 192
1218 - 1291
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 193
1852 - 1919
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 194
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 195
1756 - 1825
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 196
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 197
1769 - 1815
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 198
1838 - 1917
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 199
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 200
1717 - 1768
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 201
Among writers born in Germany, Nelly Sachs ranks 13. Before her are Heinrich Heine (1797), Charles Bukowski (1920), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Heinrich Böll (1917), Novalis (1772), and Friedrich Hölderlin (1770). After her are Jacob Grimm (1785), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Ernst Jünger (1895), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), and Paul Heyse (1830).
1797 - 1856
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 7
1920 - 1994
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 8
1898 - 1970
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 9
1917 - 1985
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 10
1772 - 1801
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 11
1770 - 1843
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 12
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 13
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 15
1729 - 1781
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 16
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 17
1777 - 1811
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 18
1830 - 1914
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 19