Sarah Kirsch

Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (died 2013)

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Born: April 16, 1935
Died: May 5, 2013
Zodiac sign: Aries
Birth year: 1935

About Sarah Kirsch

Sarah Kirsch was a German poet. Sarah Kirsch was born on April 16, 1935. Sarah Kirsch was originally born Ingrid Bernstein in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony but had changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against antisemitism. Sarah Kirsch won many prizes and honours including the German international literary Petrarca-Preis in 1976, the Peter Huchel Prize in 1993 and the Georg Büchner Prize in 1996.

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The world when Sarah Kirsch was born

Sarah Kirsch was born in 1935. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1935

#1 song"Cheek to Cheek" – Fred Astaire
Top movieMutiny on the Bounty
Best-selling bookGreen Light - Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentJesse Owens sets 3 world records in 45 minutes at Big Ten meet
Top headlineSocial Security Act signed into law by FDR
Technology milestoneRadar first demonstrated
Defining fadMonopoly officially released by Parker Brothers
Notable inventionBeer in cans
World population2.23 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
U.S. population127.3M

1935 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Sarah Kirsch's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1935	2026
Gas	$0.19	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,000	$435,000
Average income	$2,700	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.25	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	127.3M	341 million

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