The Best of Rilke

A distinguished poet-translator presents faithful verse translations of 72 poems in a bilingual edition with commentary and biographical material.

About the author

RAINER MARIA RILKE was born in Prague in 1875. After a motley education at military and business schools and at Prague's Charles University, he traveled in Europe, Russia, Egypt, and Tunsinia. In addition to Sonnets to Orpheus, Rilke's works include the Duino Elegies, The Book of Pictures, Poems from the Book of Hours, New Poems, and The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge. Rilke died in 1926. WALTER ARNDT is Sherman Fairchild Professor of Humanities and Professor of Russian Language and Literature, Emeritus, at Dartmouth College. His verse translations include Goethe's Faust (1976) and Pushkin's Eugene Onegin (1963).

Product details

• Authors: Rainer Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke
• Assisted by: Walter Arndt (Translation), Walter W. Arndt (Translation)
• Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1991
• No. of pages: 213
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Series: 72 Form-True Verse Translation
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama