Sonnets to Orpheus

by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Rainer Maria Rilke, född René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke 4 december 1875 i Prag, död 29 december 1926 på Valmont-sanatoriet i Montreux, Schweiz, är en tyskspråkig lyriker som betraktas som en av det tyska språkets främsta poeter.

Han skrev både i vers och med en väldigt lyrisk prosa. Hans två mest kända versesekvenser är Die Sonette an Orpheus och Duineser Elegien medan hans två mest kända verk är Briefe an einen jungen Dichter och den semibiografiska Malte Laurids Brigges anteckningar. Hans omfattade brevväxling är också en viktig del av hans litterära verk. Han skrev dessutom över 400 dikter på franska, som dedicerades till hans valda hemland, kantonen Valais i Schweiz.

Under en intensiv kreativ period färdiggjorde Rilke Duineser Elegien inom bara några veckor i februari 1922. Före och efter skrev han båda delarna av poemet Die Sonette an Orpheus. Båda verken anses vara höjdpunkterna av Rilkes arbete. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Rainer Maria Rilke	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Badia, Alfred	Translator	main author	some editions	confirmed
Marí, Isidor	Translator	main author	some editions	confirmed
MacIntyre, C. F.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Orpheus is Rilke's touchstone in the "Sonnets to Orpheus" - the mythical poet who could enchant beasts, birds and spirits with his music. Originating in reflections on the untimely death of a young girl, the poems express Rilke's delicate sense of the beauty and transience of life and the transforming possibilities of love.

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