Although Rainer Maria Rilke is better known for his work in German, he also wrote more than four hundred poems in French.

Although Rainer Maria Rilke is better known for his work in German, he also wrote more than four hundred poems in French.

During a residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, Celia de Fréine became familiar with this work and with the man himself. This collection is a response to Rilke’s influence and to his French oeuvre, in particular the book Migration des Forces.