Journeys with Rilke
Dr. Daniel Joseph Polikoff: Journeys with Rilke • April 2, 2016
Photo: Irene Young
“Over the course of twenty-five years, Rainer Maria Rilke has been for me both a spiritual guide and poetic mentor. I'll share various aspects of my life and work with modernity's Orphic poet. I'll read excerpts of Rue Rilke, the creative non-fiction account of my formative Rilke pilgrimage in the summer of 1993, and speak about the following decades I spent as a Rilke scholar and translator. I’ll share poems from my rendition of Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus (2015) and a few of my own that owe a clear debt to the master’s shining example.”
Author and Rilke scholar Daniel Joseph Polikoff has published six books of poetry, translation, criticism, and creative non-fiction. Daniel earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Cornell University and his Diploma in Waldorf Education from Steiner College; he has taught literature in both Waldorf high schools and Bay area graduate programs. He has shared his passion for Rilke in a wide variety of venues in the United States and abroad. A native of Chicago, he has lived with his German wife Monika and family in the San Francisco Bay area since 1999.
If you would like to view our archive video of the presentation, contact Dr. Marion Gerlind for access.
