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Rainer Maria Rilke - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Born in Prague on December 4, 1875, Rainer Maria Rilke is recognized by many as a master of verse.
Nov 6, 2019 · Fast Facts: Rainer Maria Rilke. Full Name: René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke. Known For: Acclaimed poet whose work, with its intense lyricality and mysticism, bridges the traditional and modernist eras. Born: December 4, 1875 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Day in Autumn. By Rainer Maria Rilke. Translated by Mary Kinzie. After the summer's yield, Lord, it is time. to let your shadow lengthen on the sundials. and in the pastures let the rough winds fly. As for the final fruits, coax them to roundness. Direct on them two days of warmer light. to hale them golden toward their term, and harry.
About Rilke. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) “Rose, o pure contradiction, desire to be no one’s sleep beneath so many lids”. Rilke’s self-composed epitaph, written before leukemia took his life December 29, 1926. It was the rose, a symbol of love, beauty, and devotion in much of Rilke’s writings, which ironically caused the onset of ...
Poems. Below are 100 selected poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. All poems in English are copyrighted by the translator.
To this day Rilke, a native Austrian poet, remains one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, an intensely lyrical poet with extraordinary emotional depth. This site started out in 1996 as an archival library project.
June: Prague. July: Sopot. Resides beginning in August in Berlin-Schmargendoft. Mid-December through end of year: Hamburg, Bremen, Worpswede. Rilke writes the Florenzer Tagebuch (Florence Diaries) and begins the Schmargendorfer Tagebuch (Schmargendorf Diaries).
