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These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. This luminous translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's classic offers brilliant inspiration to all people who seek to know and express their inner truth.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens. At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex...

A groundbreaking masterpiece of early European modernism, originally published in 1910, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge unspools the vivid reflections of the titular young poet and nobleman. From his Paris garret, Brigge records his encounters with the city and its people, muses on his family history, and lays bare an alternately exquisite and grotesque atmosphere of death. With a poet’s attention to language, Rainer Maria Rilke forges a dazzlingly visual coming-of-age narrative, kaleidoscopic in its approach to time and its portraits of Parisian life.

This remarkable book is the only novel by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), the greatest German-language poet of his time. It is, in a sense, a true curiosity - dark and intense - and possesses, not surprisingly, strong elements of autobiography. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Die...

A work that has inspired generations, this new edition of Letters to a Young Poet features a fresh translation of Rilke's 10 classic letters, along with the missing letters from the young poet himself. 

Existentialism: Philosophical and Literary Works is a compelling anthology that delves into the realm of existentialist thought, exploring the profound philosophical and literary works that have shaped this influential movement. From the psychological depths of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground to the existential dilemmas of Søren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, and the introspective reflections of. Friedrich Nietzsche's Ecce Homo, this collection encompasses a wide range of existentialist voices.

Das Christkind ist die Geschichte der kleinen Betty, die sich in festem Glauben an das Christkind ihr eigenes Weihnachtsfest im Wald erschafft. Eine Weihnachtserzählung von Rainer Maria Rilke aus dem Jahr 1893.

Rainer Maria Rilke has been called the most significant and compelling poet of spiritual experience of the 20th century. His exploration of the struggle between life and art and the supremacy of divine love over personal love has touched the hearts of men and women everywhere. The poems in this reading are from the selected poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, edited and translated by Stephen Mitchell.

German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom on further issues including gender, solitude, and romantic love. Barrows and Macy’s translation extends this compilation of timeless advice and wisdom to a fresh generation of readers and listeners.

Bloomsbury presents The Dark Interval by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Ulrich Baer. Read by Rosanne Cash and Ulrich Baer. From one of the most famous poets in history comes a new selection of writings to bereaved friends and acquaintances, providing comfort in a time of grief and words to...

Rainer Maria Rilke - Duineser Elegien gelesen von Otto Clemens: "Jeder Engel ist schrecklich"...

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest Austrian poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement, with some affinities to Yeats, Rilke had a profound influence on other 20th century poets such as Pasternak and Akhmatova. He is a master of vivid and breathtakingly original imagery in which difficult ideas are made directly apprehensible to the reader and new worlds of experience are opened up.

Rilkes Stunden-Buch ist einer der schönsten Gedichtzyklen überhaupt. In ergreifender Weise stellt er die großen Fragen nach Sein und Sinn, nach Zeit und Ewigkeit. Es ist ein intimer Dialog mit einem geheimnisvollen Gegenüber, den Gudrun Landgrebe mit einer Intensität liest, der sich niemand entziehen kann.

Rainer Maria Rilke war nicht nur meisterhafter Poet, der in seinen Gedichten ganze Welten erschuf – er konnte auch mit dem größeren Pinsel malen. Seine Erzählungen lassen – trotz ihrer Kompaktheit – den Hörer eintauchen in eine neue Welt. Und nach dem Hören ist man noch lange in Nachdenken versunken.

"Leben Sie jetzt die Fragen. Vielleicht leben Sie dann allmählich, ohne es zu merken, eines fernen Tages in die Antwort hinein." schrieb Rainer Maria Rilke an den jungen Soldaten und Dichter Franz Xaver Kappus, der sich zuvor ratsuchend an den bekannten Schriftsteller wandte. Rilke offenbarte ihm in rührender Sorge seine Antworten auf die wichtigsten Fragen des Lebens in seiner ganzen Bandbreite - mit all seinen Freuden, Nöten und Erlösungen. Zehn Briefe, die in Ihrer Wärme, Intensität und Zeitlosigkeit zu den wohl schönsten Werken der deutschen Literatur gehören.

¿Te atreverías a pedirle consejo a tu escritor favorito? En 1903, el joven cadete Franz Kappus se atrevió a hacerlo. Envió una carta al poeta alemán más prestigioso de la época: Rainer Maria Rilke. En lugar de una pequeña y escueta respuesta, el cadete Kappus compartió una extensa y hermosa correspondencia con el poeta, donde este le dio consejos sobre la escritura y, sobre todo, de la vida. De cómo vivirla y tratar de ser feliz.

Die schönsten deutschen Gedichte und Balladen sind in diesem Hörbuch versammelt. Ob Goethes "Über allen Gipfeln", Rilkes "Rose, oh reiner Widerspruch" oder Morgensterns "Galgenlieder" - sie haben eines gemeinsam: sie sind Meisterwerke der Dichtkunst.

Rilkes Verse mit Kopf und Herz begreifen. Die "Duineser Elegien" gehören zum Schönsten, das in deutscher Sprache geschrieben wurde. Über zehn Jahre, von 1912–1922, arbeitete Rainer Maria Rilke an den Elegien, deren Thema die Fülle des menschlichen Daseins ist. Das Schauspieler:innen-Paar Franziska Walser und Edgar Selge widmet sich ihnen seit Jahren in gefeierten Darbietungen. Sie lesen sie nicht vor, sondern lassen sich vom Augenblick leiten und rezitieren die Elegien frei. So entsteht an jedem Abend etwas Einmaliges, das die Grenzen einer Lesung sprengt.

From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. “A great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.”—Billy Collins “A treasure . . . The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and...

Born in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898, and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908, Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poet on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. Those letters, still a fresh source of inspiration and insight, are accompanied here by a chronicle of Rilke's life.