Duino Elegies

The captivating original English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West The first-ever English translation of Rilke’s landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West ­– reissued for the first time in 90 years

In 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke’s masterpiece, which would eventually be rendered in English over 20 times, influencing countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world.

Published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests’ translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke’s poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature’s great masterpieces in fresh light.

• | Author: Rainer Maria Rilke, Vita Sackville-West, Edward Sackville-West
• | Publisher: Pushkin Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 24, 2024
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781782277804
• | ISBN-10: 1782277803