Rainer Maria Rilke
Noun
Meaning
German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)
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A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke.
In his lifetime he was recognized as an author fully versed in Latin love poetry. citation The Sonnets to Orpheus are a cycle of 55 sonnets written in 1922 by the Bohemian Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926).
Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1998), p. 481. Within a few days, between 2 February and 5 February 1922, he had completed the first section of 26 sonnets.
Music National Medal Of Arts recipient Morten Lauridsen wrote a choral work entitled "Dirait-on" based on the poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
"The Walk" by Rainer Maria Rilke (1924) Translated by Robert Bly Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, ed. and trans.
Works Complete works * Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke in 12 Bänden (Complete Works in 12 Volumes), published by Rilke Archive in association with Ruth Sieber-Rilke, edited by Ernst Zinn.