From Notebooks and Personal Papers by Rainer Maria Rilke
In May 1926, Rilke sent his publishers an arrangement of German-language poems as a possible manuscript; most date to 1924, but the collection also included material from a recovered 1906 daybook and a final set of poems from his last two years. This volume is the first English translation of these poems in the arrangement Rilke set down in 1926.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest German-language poets of the 20th century. He wrote both verse and lyrical prose, often of a mystical nature. His works include one novel, several collections of poetry and a number of volumes of correspondence.
Rilke travelled extensively throughout Europe, and in his later years settled in Switzerland. While Rilke is most known for his work in German, over 400 poems were originally written in French and dedicated to the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In the anglophone world, his best-known works include the poetry collections Duino Elegies (Duineser Elegien) and Sonnets to Orpheus (Die Sonette an Orpheus), the semi-autobiographical novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge), and a collection of ten letters that was published after his death under the title Letters to a Young Poet (Briefe an einen jungen Dichter).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848616028 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848616023 |
| Title | From Notebooks and Personal Papers |
| Author | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shearsman Books |
| Year published | 2018-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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