Nelly Sachs By jaciadams Dec 10, 1891 Born In Berlin, Germany Apr 20, 1920 Her poems to appear in the newspaper Jun 10, 1940 Nelly and her mother emigrated to Sweden because of the Nazis threats May 4, 1952 Recieved Sweden Citizenship Feb 23, 1965 Published a volume of poems Dec 10, 1966 Recieved the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature on her 75th birthday Nov 9, 1967 A collection of her poems were translated to English May 12, 1970 Died in Stockholm, Sweden