Duino Elegies

Name: Duino Elegies
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke

by Rainer Maria Rilke

Ten philosophical elegies on transformation, mortality, and human existence

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Rainer Maria Rilke

German-language poet from Bohemia whose Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus are the supreme achievements of twentieth-century German poetry. His Letters to a Young Poet remain an enduring guide to the creative life.

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