Rainer Rilke: 217 books

The formative work of the legendary poet who sought to write "not feelings but things I had felt" When Rainer Maria Rilke arrived in Paris for the first time in September 1902, commissioned by a German publisher to write a monograph on Rodin, he was twenty-seven and already the author of nine...

In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters — an amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas...

"Rilke's observations are wonderfully astute. For readers interested in either [sculpture or poetry], this volume is a treat." — The Christian Science Monitor During the early 1900s, the great German poet lived and worked in Paris with Auguste Rodin. In a work as revealing of its author...

Sculptor Auguste Rodin was fortunate to have his secretary Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most sensitive poets of our time. These two pieces discussing Rodin's work and development as an artist are as revealing of Rilke as they are of his subject. Written in 1902 and 1907, these essays mark the entry...

From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. “A great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.”—Billy Collins “A treasure . . . The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting...

Possibility of Being is a selection of poems by one of the most moving and original writers of this century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1857-l926). The title (taken from one of the Sonnets to Orpheus, ''Ibis is the Creature") reflects the central concern of both Rilke's life and art: the achievement...

Rilke's French poetry appears here for the first time in readable, musical versions. Largely unknown and rarely collected, these poems were written during the euphoria Rilke felt after having completed his greatest German works, the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus. At the same time, Rilke...

The Inner Sky is a selection of poems and prose by the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, set with the original text and a facing page translation, and including more than a dozen works that have never before appeared in English. The translations, by the NEA and PEN-award-winning author and translator...

Ich habe mir allerhand Schreibereien vorgenommen und lese, was sich gerade einstellt, aber der größte Theil des Gemüths ist doch enteignet und ganz bei den Sorgen, die die schwere Zeit über uns allen hält. (Brief an Marie von Thurn und Taxis vom 18. August 1917)Auf Einladung Hertha Koenigs weilte...

Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie de Rainer Maria Rilke. À la fois poème lyrique en prose, récit épique et méditation sur l'expérience de la vie et de la mort, le Chant de l'amour et de la mort s'inspire du tragique souvenir de l'un des ancêtres du poète, le cornette (porte-étendard)...

QUESTO LIBRO È A LAYOUT FISSO Nelle Storie del Buon Dio (1900), opera decisamente singolare rispetto alla produzione di Rilke, sono raccolti tredici racconti, “narrati ai grandi perché li ripetano ai bambini” - come sottolineò lo stesso poeta - tutti incentrati su Dio, che viene continuamente...

"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.

These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists,and thinkers. This luminous translation...

Die Näherin was written in the year 1894 by Rainer Maria Rilke. This book is one of the most popular novels of Rainer Maria Rilke, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.