Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus, Duino Elegies, and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus, Duino Elegies, and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.

Books by Rainer Maria Rilke

  • The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

    Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton

    Paperback, 1993

  • Diaries of a Young Poet

    Rainer Maria Rilke, Edward Snow, Michael Winkler

    Paperback, 1999

    "In the diaries [Rilke] kept from 1898 to 1900, now translated for the first time . . . the overall impression is that of a genius just coming into his own powers."—Boston Phoenix
  • Duino Elegies

    Rainer Maria Rilke, David Young

    Bilingual Edition, Paperback, 2006

    One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.
  • Sonnets to Orpheus

    Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton

    Paperback, 2006

    One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.
  • Poems from the Book of Hours

    Rainer Maria Rilke, Babette Deutsch, Ursula K. Le Guin

    Paperback, 2018

    One of the most powerful poetry collections of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful new edition.
  • Letters to a Young Poet: With the Letters to Rilke from the ''Young Poet''

    Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Xaver Kappus, Damion Searls

    Hardback, 2020

    Nearly a century after the publication of Rilke’s inspirational work, the missing letters of the young poet himself finally appear in this canonical edition.
  • Duino Elegies: A New and Complete Translation

    Rainer Maria Rilke, Alfred Corn

    Paperback, 2021

    A new translation of Rilke’s classic elegies—ten mystical, radiant poems that bring together the beautiful and the sacred.
  • Poems from the Book of Hours

    Rainer Maria Rilke, Babette Deutsch, Ursula K. Le Guin

    E Book, 2018

    One of the most powerful poetry collections of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful new edition.
  • Letters to a Young Poet

    Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton

    E Book, 2014

    Rilke's timeless letters about poetry, sensitive observation, and the complicated workings of the human heart.
  • Sonnets to Orpheus

    Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton

    E Book, 2014

    One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.