Rilke: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington

by Rainer Maria Rilke, J.B. Leishman (Translator), Peter Washington (Editor)

Overview

The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Rilke contains poems from The Book of Images; New Poems; Requiem for a Friend; Poems, 1906-1926; French Poems; The Life of Mary; Sonnets to Orpheus; The Duino Elegies; Letters to a Young Poet; and an index of first lines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679450986
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/22/1996
Series:	Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	853,933
Product dimensions:	4.40(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) is one of the greatest lyric German poets. Born in Prague, he published his first book of poems, Leben und Lieber, at age nineteen. He met Lou Salomé, the talented and spirited daughter of a Russian army officer, who influenced him deeply. In 1902 he became a friend, and for a time the secretary, of Rodin, and it was during his twelve-year Paris residence that Rilke enjoyed his greatest poetic activity. In 1919 he went to Switzerland where he spent the last years of his life. It was there that he wrote his last two works, Duino Elegies (1923) and The Sonnets to Orpheus (1923).