Poems

By Rainer Maria Rilke

This compilation includes the poems of Bohemian-Austrian novelist and poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. Included in this collection is: "First Poems", "The Book of Pictures", "New Poems", and "The Book of Hours: The Book of a Monk's Life."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Classics
• Release date: Feb 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781609772345

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.

Reviews for Poems

[Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is a marvelous poetry book. Rilke is doubtless a great poet and artist, deserving all our attention.