The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
By Rainer Maria Rilke
Edited and translated by Stephen Mitchell
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the greatest lyric German poets. Born in Prague, he published his first book of poems, Leben und Lieber, at age nineteen. He met Lou Salomé, the talented and spirited daughter of a Russian army officer, who influenced him deeply. In 1902 he became the friend, and for a time the secretary, of Rodin, and it was during his twelve-year Paris residence that Rilke enjoyed his greatest poetic activity. In 1919 he went to Switzerland where he spent the last years of his life. It was there that he wrote his last two works, Duino Elegies (1923) and the Sonnets to Orpheus (1923).
"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.
Paperback
400 pages
Vintage International, 1989
5.1 x 0.8 x 8 inches
ISBN 9780679722014
Poetry