Hilde Domin (1909−2006) was a refugee from Nazi Ger­many who became a poet of exile and return. Among the finest lyric poets of the Ger­man lan­guage in the twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry, she occu­pied a unique and impor­tant role in post­war lit­er­a­ture and cul­ture. Her voice was sim­ple and res­o­nant, intense­ly per­son­al, and addressed to her fel­low cit­i­zens on behalf of uni­ver­sal human val­ues. Through her poems and essays, she con­tributed sig­nif­i­cant­ly to the moral recon­struc­tion of Ger­man soci­ety. Rec­og­nized at home by numer­ous prizes includ­ing the Nel­ly Sachs Prize and the Roswitha Prize, her poet­ry has until now been lit­tle known out­side of the Ger­man-speak­ing world.