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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition

Rainer Maria Rilke

"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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: Mar 13rd, 1989
  • Pages: 400
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.02in - 5.32in - 0.82in - 0.79lb
  • EAN: 9780679722014
  • Categories: European - GermanSubjects & Themes - ReligiousEuropean - German

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About the Author

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) studied literature, art history, and philosophy in both Munich and Prague and is often considered one of the German language's greatest twentieth-century poets. His two most famous verse sequences are the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are Letters to a Young Poet and the semiautobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

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