German poet Rainer Maria Rilke(1875-1926) enjoys ever-increasing popularity. His Duino Elegies is considered on of the greatest long poems of the twentieth century. Yet translations from his native German have always presented challenges: the elusiveness of Rilke's imagery, the playful way he both distorts and subverts his own language, and the depth and complexity of his poetry make it difficult for translators to preserve the beauty and meaning of the original text. In his stunning bilingual selection that includes the entire Duino Elegies as well as a number of favorite and less familiar shorter poems, Galway Kinnell and Hannah Liebmann manage to retain power and grace of Rilke's words. Throughout his poetry, Rilke addresses questions of how to live in and relate to a world in a voice that is simultaneoulsy prophetic and intensely personel. These translations offer new insight into this enigmatic German poet whose work will continue to be read and admired throughout the world.
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Galway Kinnell is the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University. His Selected Poems won the Pultizer Prize and the National Book Award in 1982. His most recent volume of peoms is Imperfect Thirst.
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This contains most of his famous work plus a few lesser known but no less imortant or interesting poems. They are in both English and German. finely edited, well presented. Essential reading.
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I bought this simply for the touching "Requiem for a Friend" that alone justifies the purchase. There are a host of other poems contained therein. I had been looking for sometime for this edition so was chuffed to find it here and had it delivered within couple of days. A book worth having in the collection.
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I'm not a big book reader, so the fact that I kept engaged throughout the whole book, and finished it, speaks volumes. Truely, a must read, especially for those who are poetic minded xox
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