Archipelago Books, February 2004. Hardcover. 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..... More
New York Review of Books, October 2025. Trade Paperback. Fresh, beautiful new translations of one of the most important poets of all time, publishing in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Rainer Maria Rilke's birth. Rilke is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, revered throughout the world..... More
Seagull Books, April 2024. Hardcover. An intimate glimpse into the life and letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. In July 1921, displaced European poet Rainer Maria Rilke sequestered himself in the chateau of Muzot, a thirteenth-century medieval tower perched in the..... More
Penguin Classics, March 2014. Trade Paperback. At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for..... More
Pushkin Collection, March 2021. Trade Paperback. A collection of haunting, mystical poems of the night by the great Rainer Maria Rilke - most of which have never before been translated into English One night I held between my hands your face. The moon fell upon it. In 1916, Rainer Maria..... More
Pushkin Press Classics, February 2026. Trade Paperback. This collection of haunting, mystical poems of the night by the great Rainer Maria Rilke is the only English translation to bring them all together In 1916, Rainer Maria Rilke presented his friend Rudolf Kassner with a notebook, containing 22 poems meticulously inscribed..... More
Vintage, March 1989. Trade Paperback. "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. More
Liveright, November 2020. Hardcover. For nearly a century, eager writers and young poets, as well as those simply looking for a purpose in life, have embraced the wisdom of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, first published in 1929. Most readers and scholars have long assumed that the..... More
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