Stories of God: A man in a small village describes Gods relationship with the world
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke
Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick
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Later his father dispatched him to a military academy at age 10 but after a miserable 5 years the young Rilke left due to illness and instead entered first Prague and then Munich and finally Berlin university to study art history, philosophy and literature.
His initial forays into literature was in poetry. His intense, mystical and lyrical style was much admired and over time inspired many in succeeding generations.
His short prose collection ‘Stories of God’, written in an impassioned burst over several nights was published in 1900 and offers a beguiling view of much of Rilke’s influences and outlook.
The following year he married the pioneering sculptor and artist Clara Westhoff. The union produced one child, a daughter Ruth.
He lived in Paris for most of the Century’s first decade where he mixed with many great minds of the time. Although he continued to write he also worked as a secretary to the sculptor, Rodin.
It was only after they settled in Switzerland in 1919 that his writing output was in full flow. Here he wrote profusely in both German and French, which included much on his previous travels, his left-wing sympathies, his religious and existential thoughts, all part of a unique and consummate style.
From 1923 on, Rilke increasingly struggled with his health which was now in constant decline and often spent time rehabilitating at a sanatorium.
Rainer Maria Rilke died of leukaemia on the 29th December 1926 in Montreux, Switzerland. He was 51.
01 - Stories of God by Rainer Maria Rilke - An Introduction
02 - The Tale of the Hands of God by Rainer Maria Rilke
03 - The Stranger by Rainer Maria Rilke
04 - Why God Wants Poor People by Rainer Maria Rilke
05 - How Treason Came to Russia by Rainer Maria Rilke
06 - How Old Timofei Died Singing by Rainer Maria Rilke
07 - The Song of Justice by Rainer Maria Rilke
08 - A Scene From the Ghetto of Venice by Rainer Maria Rilke
09 - Of One Who Listened to the Stones by Rainer Maria Rilke
10 - How the Thimble Came to Be God by Rainer Maria Rilke
11 - A Tale of Death and a Strange Postscript Thereto by Rainer Maria Rilke
12 - An Indispensable Society by Rainer Maria Rilke
13 - The Beggar and the Proud Young Lady by Rainer Maria Rilke
14 - A Story Told to the Dark by Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague in 1875 and traveled throughout Europe for much of his adult life, returning frequently to Paris. There he came under the influence of the sculptor Auguste Rodin and produced much of his finest verse, most notably the two volumes of New Poems as well as the great modernist novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Among his other books of poems are The Book of Images and The Book of Hours. He lived the last years of his life in Switzerland, where he completed his two poetic masterworks, the Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus. He died of leukemia in December 1926.
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