Sämtliche Werke vols. 1-7 - Rilke, Rainer Maria 1875-1926; Sieber-Rilke, Ruth 1901-1972; Zinn, Ernst 1910-1990 (Frankfurt am Main Insel, 1955)
vol. 7: Übertragungen
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was an Austrian poet and novelist. He is "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets". He wrote both verse and highly lyrical prose. Several critics have described Rilke's work as "mystical". His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry and several volumes of correspondence in which he invokes images that focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude and anxiety. These themes position him as a transitional figure between traditional and modernist writers.
The translations in vol. 7 contain work from authors who wrote in French, Italian, Latin, Middle High German, Flemish, English, Danish, Swedish and Russian
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); 20th Century (1901-2000); Literature; Poetry