by Rainer Maria Rilke (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Translator), Stephen Mitchell (Editor)
" 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.
Front Jacket
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.
Author Biography
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.