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…Purely Commentary Nelly Sachs . . . Symbolizer of Jewish Tragedy When Nelly Sachs was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Oct. 21, 1966, sharing it with Shmuel Yosef Agnon, the chairman of , the Nobel Committee, Dr. Anders °sterling, described her poems as expressing the Jewish tragedy "in lyrical la- 11 ments of painful beauty," adding that they rose "above hatred of persecutors to reveal a deep sorrow at man's debasement." Miss Sachs he...…

















































