Ronda, Spain(Forest Woodward/ Getty Images) In late 1912, German poet Rainer Maria Rilke had a titanic case of writer’s block. Unable to find poetic inspiration, he left his home in Paris and ...
The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke. Written by Rainer Maria Rilke; edited and translated by Ulrich Baer; Modern Library, 2005; 215 pages; $19.95. FROM THE DUST JACKET: In this treasury of ...
You must change your life.” This line from a poem by German poet Rainer Maria Rilke became the theme of the 16th Gwangju Biennale. Hsu Chien-hsin, the biennale’s artistic director, said at a press ...
For those who look on the arts as a kind of celestial sports competition, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) is up there with Bertolt Brecht for the title of German Poet of the 20 th Century. The standard ...
Sierra Madre Playhouse will present the North American premiere of One Million Words – Rilke, a hit solo show inspired by the groundbreaking work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke created by and starring Ivo ...
Signature of Auguste Rodin on “The Thinker” (photo by Daniel Schwen, via Wikimedia Commons) It might seem strange to open this review with Auguste Rodin‘s signature on his sculpture “The Thinker.” But ...
In 1915, Sigmund Freud wrote a short text on loss and how to cope with it. Freud's essay, entitled “Vergänglichkeit” [German for transience], recalled a meeting between himself and a “young but ...