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Christ’s Descent Into Hell

By Rainer Maria Rilke, Translation by Franz Wright

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Issue: Autumn 1982 / Volume 58/4

Published: December 11, 2003

Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) is considered one of the great poets of the twentieth century. His two most famous verse sequences are the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte...

Franz Wright

Franz Wright (1953-2015) won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2004 for his collection Walking to Martha’s Vineyard. He published poems in VQR and other leading literary magazines. His many honors include the Whiting Award and a Guggenheim fellowship.

Christ’s Descent Into Hell

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