Ange Mlinko, Don Paterson and Edmund de Waal on Rilke
<p>Central to this modern myth is the ‘savage creative storm’ of 2-23 February 1922, when Rilke wrote the&nbsp;<em>Sonnets to Orpheus</em>&nbsp;and completed the&nbsp;<em>Duino Elegies</em>&nbsp;in less than three weeks. 100 years on from its conclusion, the poet and critic Ange Mlinko&nbsp;discusses Rilke, the cult of Orpheus and intense productivity with Don Paterson, whose versions of the&nbsp;<em>Sonnets to Orpheus</em>&nbsp;were published by Faber (and the LRB) in 2006, and the writer and artist Edmund de Waal, for whom the work of Rilke has been a constant touchstone.</p><p>Find our upcoming digital and in-person events here:<a href=" https://lrb.me/lrbevents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://lrb.me/lrbevents</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Central to this modern myth is the ‘savage creative storm’ of 2-23 February 1922, when Rilke wrote the Sonnets to Orpheus and completed the Duino Elegies in less than three weeks. 100 years on from its conclusion, the poet and critic Ange Mlinko discusses Rilke, the cult of Orpheus and intense productivity with Don Paterson, whose versions of the Sonnets to Orpheus were published by Faber (and the LRB) in 2006, and the writer and artist Edmund de Waal, for whom the work of Rilke has been a constant touchstone.
Find our upcoming digital and in-person events here: https://lrb.me/lrbevents
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