num_pages: 640
description: In this highly praised and extraordinary biography, Ralph Freedman traces Rilke's luminous career by weaving together detailed accounts of pivotal and formative episodes from the poet's restless life with a close, intimate reading of the verse and prose that refract them. This lively and engrossing biography offers much of interest to Rilke's growing body of followers. 
language: English
title: Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke
titlecomplete: Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke
genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Poetry
ratings_count: 37
publisher: Northwestern University Press