Rainer
Maria Rilke (18751926) is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of
the twentieth century. His works include
Duino
Elegies, The Sonnets to Orpheus,
and
Letters
to a Young Poet.
Written during an astonishing outburst of creativity during a period of only two weeks in February 1922, Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus is one of the great poetic works of the twentieth century. Willis Barnstone brings these striking poems into English with an approach honed through years of...
Composed in 1899 when Rilke was only twenty-three, the interconnected tales of Stories of God were inspired by a trip to Russia the young poet had made the year previously. It is said that the vastness of the Russian landscape and the profound spirituality he perceived in the simple people...