Rilke, Rainer Maria 1875-1926

Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
386 editions published between 1927 and 2011 in 27 languages and held by 3,117 libraries worldwide
Letters written to F.X.Kappus during the years 1903-1908. Chronicle of Rilkes's life for the years 1903-1908 (p. 81-123).

Duino elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
553 editions published between 1912 and 2010 in 32 languages and held by 2,452 libraries worldwide
Over the last fifteen years, in his two volumes of New Poems as well as in The Book of Images and Uncollected Poems, Edward Snow has emerged as one of Rainer Maria Rilke's most able English-language interpreters. In his translations, Snow adheres faithfully to the intent of Rilke's German while constructing nuanced, colloquial poems in English.

The notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
655 editions published between 1910 and 2010 in 32 languages and held by 1,999 libraries worldwide
Living in Paris as he attempts to write a novel, Brigge, a young Danish aristocrat and poet obsessed with death, muses on his family, his background, and his observations of Parisian life.

Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
340 editions published between 1900 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 1,701 libraries worldwide
Rainer Maria Rilke's '55 Sonnets to Orpheus' remain a testimony to a writer whose significance other poems continue to testify to. Don Paterson's rendition offers a radiant and at time distressing version of the great work.

Rilke's book of hours : love poems to God by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
183 editions published between 1904 and 2009 in 13 languages and held by 1,571 libraries worldwide
At the beginning of this century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he had immersed himself in the spirituality he discovered there. He "received" a series of poems about which he did not speak for a long time - he considered them sacred, and different from anything else he ever had done and ever would do again. This poet saw the coming darkness of the century, and saw the struggle we would have in our relationship to the divine.

The selected poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
23 editions published between 1981 and 1998 in English and German and held by 1,292 libraries worldwide
The influence and popularity of Rilke's poetry in America have never been greater than they are today, more than fifty years after his death. Rilke is unquestionably the most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation, of spiritual quest, that the twentieth century has known. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert a seemingly endless fascination for contemporary readers. In Stephen Mitchell's versions, many readers feel that they have discovered an English rendering that captures the lyric intensity, fluency, and reach of Rilke's poetry more accurately and convincingly than has ever been done before. Mr. Mitchell is impeccable in his adherence to Rilke's text, to his formal music, and to the complexity of his thought; at the same time, his work has authority and power as poetry in its own right. Few translators of any poet have arrived at the delicate balance of fidelity and originality that Mr. Mitchell has brought off with seeming effortlessness. The generous and unusual selection that the translator has made from Rilke's large body of work has been praised by scholars for the judicious picture it offers of the breadth and depth of Rilke's greatness. The German text is printed facing the translations, and the poems have been extensively annotated with relevant quotations from Rilke's correspondence and other essential information. Noted poet and critic Robert Hass's searching introduction, "Looking for Rilke," discusses the span of Rilke's career and his importance for the American poetic tradition.

New poems (1907) by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
173 editions published between 1907 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,264 libraries worldwide
New Poems (1907-1908) represented a departure for Rilke from the traditional German lyric poetry of which he was then considered a master. Apparent in these poems is the influence of Rodin -- for whom Rilke had worked -- as well as other visual artists, including Hokusai, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Picasso. In this collection, Rilke forced his language to extremes of subtlety and refinement that only now, in Stephen Cohn's translations, is being captured properly in English.

Auguste Rodin by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
268 editions published between 1824 and 2011 in 25 languages and held by 1,182 libraries worldwide
Rilke, Rodin's secretary, examines Rodin's life and work, and explains the often elusive connection between the creative forces that drive timeless literature and great art. Written in 1903 and 1907, these essays about the master's work and development as an artist were declared by Rodin himself as the supreme interpretation of his work. 33 illustrations.

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
404 editions published between 1899 and 2009 in 23 languages and held by 1,167 libraries worldwide
The short story of the death in action of Cornet Rilke of Langenau, standard-bearer of an Austrian cavalry regiment in Hungary during the Great Turkish War of 1663.

Letters on Cézanne by Rainer Maria Rilke ( Book )
94 editions published between 1944 and 2006 in 13 languages and held by 1,102 libraries worldwide