Die schönsten Gedichte

Rainer Maria Rilke left behind a significant body of work consisting of prose, poetry, essays, letters, and diaries, including well-known poems like "The Panther" and "The Carousel," as well as unforgettable expressions such as "How shall I hold my soul so that / it does not touch yours?". This selection from his extensive lyrical work allows for many discoveries and demonstrates how Rilke "has made the German poem complete for the first time" (Robert Musil). It includes poems from the "Book of Hours," the "Book of Images," the "New Poems," his "Requiem," the "Duino Elegies," and the "Sonnets to Orpheus." – With a compact biography of the author.