Forfatter fødeår: 1875-1926
Rilke's haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety.
The letters Rilke wrote during the war and postwar years are of particular interest not only for whatever they may contain of the wisdom of the poet, the artist, and the humanitarian, but for their analysis of the intellectual and spiritual currents of the time.
The captivating original English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West
Den store tyske forfatter Rainer Maria Rilke blev født i 1875 i Prag og døde i 1926 på et schweizisk sanatorium. Selvom han især er kendt som en af de vigtigste lyrikere i den litterære... Læs mere
'A gorgeous collection of odes to the night and darkness' ExBerliner
A gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry
A poetic English rendering of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duineser Elegien printed together with the original German on facing pages. The translation places high value on conveying the meaning of the Elegies, although it does not attempt to retain the original meter.