[zahks] 
| 1. | Hans [hahns] , 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works. |
| 2. | Nelly (Leonie), 1891–1970, German poet and playwright, in Sweden after 1940: Nobel prize 1966. |
| Sachs (zäks, sāks) German writer and Meistersinger noted for his many dramas, poems, and songs. His life inspired Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868). |
| Sachs, Nelly 1891-1970. German writer whose work is based on the suffering of the Jewish people during World War II. She shared the 1966 Nobel Prize for literature. |