Poetry Stop: Nelly Sachs


04.09.2016
godz. 16.00
Warszawa, Piwnica Na Wójtowskiej, ul. Zakroczymska 11, wejście od ul. Wójtowskiej
Foundation Shalom

Performers: Barbara Szeliga, Piotr Wiszniowski. Accompaniment: Miroslaw Kuzniak (violin). Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) was born in Berlin into an assimilated Jewish family. Her mother managed the household and raised their only daughter. Her father, a factory owner, had a well-stocked library and played the piano. At the age of 14, Nelly began a correspondence with the eminent Swedish writer Selma Lagerlof,…