Sonnets to Orpheus. Rainer Maria Rilke

      Translation copyright © 2019 by Christiane Marks

      First edition, 2019

      All rights reserved

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Available.

      ISBN-13: 978-1-948830-06-5 / ISBN-10: 1-948830-06-X

      This project is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

      Printed on acid-free paper in the United States of America.

      Text set in Garamond, a group of old-style serif typefaces named after the punch-cutter Claude Garamont.

       Cover Design by Anne Jordan and Mitch Goldstein

       Interior Design by Anthony Blake

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      Dedicated to my large, wonderful, supportive family and circle of friends, but especially to the memory of my grandfather, Hermann Starke, who gave me my first Rilke volumes so many years ago, and to the memory of my father, Hans Buchinger, who read poetry aloud beautifully in several languages. And dedicated above all to my son, Noah Heringman, who first suggested that I translate these sonnets, and encouraged me every step of the way. Dies ist unser Buch!

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       FOREWORD

       TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION

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