List of Duino Elegies translations explained

The following is a list of translations of Rainer Marie Rilke's Duino Elegies. They are grouped by language and listed chronologically by date of publication.

English

• Book: Duineser Elegien: Elegies from the Castle of Duino . Sackville-West . Vita . Vita Sackville-West . Sackville-West . Edward . 1931 . London . Hogarth . 1042987052 . registration . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies . Leishman . James Blair . James Blair Leishman . Spender . Stephen . Stephen Spender . 1939 . London . Hogarth . 978-0-393-00155-6 . 752755743 . registration . none .
• Book: The Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies . Duino Elegies . Lemont . Jessie . 1945 . New York . Fine Editions Press . 1841711 . none .
• Book: Duineser Elegien. The Elegies of Duino . Purtscher-Wydenbruck . Nora . 1948 . Vienna . Amandus . 3021388 . none .
• Book: The Duino Elegies . Behn . Harry . Harry Behn . 1957 . Mount Vernon, N.Y. . Peter Pauper Press . 368317 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies: With English Translations . MacIntyre . C. F. . 1963 . Berkeley . University of California . 978-0-520-01073-4 . 252552087 . registration . none .
• Book: The Duino Elegies . Garmey . Stephen . Wilson . Jay . 1972 . New York . Harper & Row . 9780060902544 . 241579668 . none .
• Book: Duinesian Elegies . Boney . Elaine E. . 1975 . Chapel Hill . University of North Carolina Press . 9781469657165 . 716325574 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus . Duino Elegies . 5–82 . Poulin . Alfred A. Jr . Alfred Poulin . 1977 . Boston . Houghton Mifflin . 0-395-25015-3 . 1035669414 . https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395250587/page/5 . registration . none .
• Book: Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke . Duino Elegies . Mitchell . Stephen . Stephen Mitchell (translator) . 1981 . New York . Harper & Row . 9780060907273 . 606442850 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies . Hunter . Robert . Robert Hunter (lyricist) . 1987 . Eugene . Hulogos'i . 9780938493044 . 15223985 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies: A Bilingual Edition . Cohn . Stephen . 1989 . Evanston, Illinois . Northwestern University Press . 9780810116481 . 984915476 . none .
• Book: The Duino Elegies . Hammer . Louis . Jaeger . Sharon Ann . 1991 . Old Chatham, N.Y. . Sachem Press . 9780937584156 . 23733818 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies . Young . David . 1992 . New York . W.W. Norton . 9780393309317 . 30025969 . none .
• Book: The Duino Elegies . Norris . Leslie . Keele . Alan . 1993 . Rochester, N.Y. . Camden House . 9781571133915 . 495254222 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies: A Bilingual Edition . Bridgewater . Patrick . 1999 . London . Menard Press . 9781874320265 . 722941292 . none .
• Book: Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation . The Duino Elegies of Rainer Maria Rilke . Gass . William H. . William H. Gass . 1999 . New York . A. A. Knopf . 9781564789129 . 1151099648 . none .
• Book: The Essential Rilke . Duino Elegies (1923) . 77–148 . Kinnell . Galway . Galway Kinnell . Liebmann . Hannah . 1999 . Hopewell, N.J. . Ecco Press . 0-88001-676-0 . 1034659970 . https://archive.org/details/essentialrilke00galw/page/77 . registration . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies: Bilingual Edition . Snow . Edward . Edward A. Snow . 2000 . New York . North Point Press . 9780865475465 . none .
• Book: The Duino Elegies . Waterfield . John . 2000 . Lewiston . The Edwin Mellen Press . 9780773478893 . 505046830 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies . Crucefix . Martyn . Martyn Crucefix . 2008 . London . Enitharmon . 9781904634232 . 712358841 . none .
• Book: Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems with Parallel German Text . Duino Elegies . 130–181 . Ranson . Susan . Sutherland . Marielle . 2011 . New York . Oxford University Press . 9780199569410 . 671709704 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies: Bilingual English-German Edition . Oswald . David . 2012 . Einsiedeln, Switzerland . Daimon Verlag . 9783856307479 . 858435392 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies . Miranda . Gary . Gary Miranda . 2013 . Portland, Oregon . Tavern Books . 9781935635321 . 865181020 . none .
• Book: Rilke's Late Poetry: Duino Elegies, The Sonnets to Orpheus, Selected Last Poems . Duino Elegies . Good . Graham . 2015 . Vancouver . Ronsdale . 9781553800248 . 1152936079 . none .
• Book: The Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke . The Duino Elegies . Kline . A. S. . 2015 . Poetry in Translation . 9781512129465 . none .
• Book: Being Here is Glorious: On Rilke, Poetry, and Philosophy with a New Translation of the Duino Elegies . Duino Elegies . Reid . James D. . 2015 . Evanston, Illinois . Northwestern University Press . 9780199569410 . 961807367 . none .
• Book: The Rilke of Ruth Speirs: New Poems, Duino elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus & Others . Duino Elegies (1912–1922) . Speirs . Ruth . 2015 . Reading . Two Rivers Press . 9781909747128 . 929025069 . https://archive.org/details/rilkeofruthspeir0000rilk . registration . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies: A New and Complete Translation . Corn . Alfred . Alfred Corn . 2021 . New York . W. W. Norton . 9781324005407 . 1249107613 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies . Croggon . Alison . Alison Croggon . 2022 . Melbourne . Newport Street Books . 9780648874430 . 1312727462 . none .
• Book: Duino Elegies: A New Translation and Commentary . Travers . Martin . 2023 . Rochester . Boydell & Brewer . 9781640140981 . 1369656958 . none .

Afrikaans

• Book: Henning J . Pieterse . 2007 . Duino-Elegieë . af . Pretoria . Protea Boekhuis . 9781869191511.

Catalan

• Book: Elegies de Duino . 2020 . 978-84-09-21295-8 . Barcelona . Flâneur . ca . Fulquet . Josep Maria . 1249550024 . Santiago . Eduard.

Chinese

• Book: Dù yī nuò wǎngē 杜伊诺挽歌 [Duino Elegies]. Āigē yǔ shísì háng shī: Lǐ ěr kè shī xuǎn. zh:哀歌与十四行诗 : 里尔克诗选 . Lamentations and Sonnets: Selected Poems by Rilke. 2017 . Shāndōng wényì chūbǎn shè 山东文艺出版社 [Shandong Literature and Art Publishing House] . 978-7-5329-5559-6 . Jinan . zh . Zhang . Deming 维基百科. 1096338614.

Czech

• Book: Elegie z Duina ; Sonety Orfeovi . 2017 . 978-80-7465-257-8 . Červený Kostelec . Pavel Mervart . cs . Suchomel . Milan . 1015193719.

Dutch

• Book: De elegieën van Duino : 1912/1922 . 1978 . Ambo . 90-263-0405-6 . Baarn . nl . Bronzwaer . W. . 781100126.
• Book: De elegieën van Duino . 2006 . Uitgeverij IJzer . 90-74328-98-9 . Utrecht . nl . Wieren . Atze van . 150275689.

French

• Book: Elégies de Duino; Les Sonnets à Orphée . 1989 . G. Lebovici . 2-85184-223-4 . Paris . fr . Lewinter . Roger . 461989583.
• Book: Les élégies de Duino = Duineser Elegien ; Les sonnets à Orphée = Die Sonette an Orpheus . 1992 . Flammarion . 2-08-070674-8 . Paris . fr . Angelloz . Joseph François . 708379594.
• Book: Élégies de Duino . 2015 . Éditions Allia . 978-2-84485-983-9 . Paris . fr . Biemel . Rainier . 906294977.

Hebrew

• Book: Selected Poems: The Sonnets to Orpheus, Requiem for a Friend, Duino Elegies. he:מבחר שירים : הסונטים אל אורפאוס, רקוויאם לידידה, אלגיות דואינו. Hanoch. Klei. 1985. Tel Aviv. he. 232699519.
• Book: Elegyot duʼino, ha-Soneṭim shel Orfeʼus. Duino Elegies, The Sonnets to Orpheus. he:אלגיות דואינו, הסונטים אל אורפאוס. Ada. Brodsky. 1998. Karmel. Jerusalem. 9789654071901. he. Ada Brodsky.
• Book: Elegyot duʼino. Duino Elegies. he:אלגיות דואינ. Shimon. Zandbank. 1999. Tel Aviv. he. 233193861.

Hungarian

• Book: Duineser Elegien Duinói elégiák . 2003 . Argumentum . 963-446-261-8 . Budapest . hu . Léderer Vera . Pintérné . 1087888391 . György . Pintér Gábor.

Italian

• Book: Elegie duinesi . 1985 . Il melangolo . 88-7018-066-2 . Genova . it . Giavotto Künkler . Anna Lucia . 879110533.

Japanese

• Book: . 2010 . 1957. . 978-40-03243-23-7 . Tokyo . ja . Tezuka. Tomio 富雄手塚 . 674536750.

Portuguese

• Book: As Elegias De Duíno. 2020. Assírio & Alvim. 978-972-37-2133-1. Dias Furtado. Maria Theresa. pt.

Russian

• Book: Vladimir Borisovich . Mikushevich . 2002 . Duinskie elegii . Duino Elegies . ru:Дуинские элегии . ru . ImWerdenVerlag .
• Book: Vera . Tarzayeva . 2011 . Duinskie elegii . Duino Elegies . ru:Дуинские элегии . ru . AATRONIK . 9785904547127.
• Book: Nikolaj Fedorovich . Boldyrevdyrev . 2017 . Duinskie elegii . Duino Elegies . ru:Дуинские элегии . ru . Водолей [Vodolej] . 9785917633411.

Spanish

• Book: Elegías de Duino ; Los sonetos a Orfeo . 1987 . Cátedra . 84-376-0687-X . Madrid . es . Barjau . Eustaquio . 434081390.
• Book: Elegías de Duino = Duineser Elegien . 2015 . Sexto Piso . 978-84-16358-23-6 . Madrid . es . Rulfo . Juan . 927805221.
• Book: Elegías de Duino. Nueva edición con poemas y cartas inéditos . 2023 . Lumen . 978-84-26424-35-8 . es . Jaume. Andreu. Kovacsics. Adan.

Swedish

• Book: Duinoelegierna . 1998 . Bonnier . 91-0-056810-4 . Stockholm . Lindegren . Erik . 185785649.