Rainer Maria Rilke, born in Prague in 1875, emerged as one of the most influential German-language poets of the modern age. His writing moved through themes of solitude, spirituality, beauty, ...

Quote of the Day by Rainer Maria Rilke says ‘Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer’. Check out the meaning of the ...

Things aren’t all so tangible and sayable as people would usually have us believe; most experiences are unsayable, they happen in a space that no word has ever entered, and more unsayable than all ...

Rainer Maria Rilke, Lou Andreas-Salome. W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95 (424pp) ISBN 978-0-393-04976-3 With more than twenty-five years of correspondence between ""two old scribblers,"" world-renowned ...

Rainer Maria Rilke and our columnist, Ulrike Almut Sandig, have both translated poetry from various languages into German. Sandig now takes it to the next level by “transadapting” two of Rilke’s ...

Max Mueller Bhavan recently saw the launch of an English translation of the poetry of Rilke. Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, if not of all time, has had many ...

Rilke's quote encourages patience, self-discovery and acceptance of life's uncertainties. Rather than fearing unanswered ...

For the March 2026 diary, I begin with several exhibitions and other events to visit this season. Constable gets a bumper birthday celebration, museums around Europe pay tribute to Brâncuși and the ...