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.

The Essential Rilke

Literature & Fiction

KINNELL, Galway

Liebmann, Hannah

Essays & Correspondence

Ecco

When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone

A collection of poems ranging from melancholy meditations of a solitary mind concerning estrangement and the longing for reconnection to the natural world and its creatures closely observed.

When One Has Lived A Long Time Alone

Poetry

KNOPF

Body Rags contains the bulk of Kinnell's most praised and anthologized poems. Using animal experiences to explore human consciousness, Kinnell poems such as "The Bear" feature frank and often unlovely images. Kinnell's embrace of the ugly is well-considered, though. "The bud stands for all things, even those things that don't flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;"....... Galway Kinnell is the author of ten books of poetry, including The Book of Nightmares, When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone, Imperfect Thirst, and most recently A New Selected Poems and Strong is Your Hold. He also published a novel, Black Light; a selection of interviews, Walking Down the Stairs; and a book for children, as well as translations of works by Yves Bonnefoy, Yvan Goll, Francois Villon and Rainer Maria Rilke.

Body Rags: Poems

Houghton/Mifflin

The Book of Nightmares

Galway Kinnell's poetry has always been marked by richness of language, devotion to the things and creatures of the world, and an effort to transform every understanding into the universality of art.

United States

The Book Of Nightmares

Represents the American poet's first eighteen years of published writings

The Avenue Bearing the Initial of Christ into the New World: Poems 1946-1964.

Houghton, Mifflin Company

Mortal Acts, Mortal Words

This new collection of poetry by the author of Book of Nightmares centers on the essential relationships and occurrences which, ultimately, give life shape and meaning, especially the strength and power of the family

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Selected Poems

Contains poems from earlier works selected as representative of his poetry by the author, who has revised many of the selections for this book

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

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The Essential Rilke

When One Has Lived A Long Time Alone

Body Rags: Poems

The Book of Nightmares

The Book Of Nightmares

The Avenue Bearing the Initial of Christ into the New World: Poems 1946-1964.

Mortal Acts, Mortal Words

Mortal Acts, Mortal Words

Selected Poems

Selected Poems