Rilke

R. M. Rilke is one of the greatest European poets, whose creativity and personality significantly influenced the course of world culture, including Russian culture. For instance, Boris Pasternak described his own work a year before his death as variations of Rilke's motifs. Rilke also had a huge impact on Marina Tsvetaeva. At the same time, he himself experienced a similarly strong influence from the Russian literary tradition, was personally acquainted with L. N. Tolstoy, spoke Russian, and read Russian classics in the original. The author of this book, the first Russian biography of Rilke, is his translator and deep researcher. Before us is not only a life filled with external events of the poet but also his spiritual journey, his inner growth.