Grabinschrift rainer maria rilke biography summary

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In part through critical biography, in part through a close reading of almost all of the poems Rilke wrote, including many poems from his Diaries.

Rainer Maria Rilke is one of the major poets of twentieth-century literature.

Rainer Maria Rilke, born in the old Austrian empire (Prague), is viewed as maybe the greatest poet of the German language in the 20th.

The Sonnets to Orpheus are a cycle of 55 sonnets written in by the Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (–).

Rainer Maria Rilke is one of the major poets of twentieth-century literature....

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

"Rilke" redirects here. For other uses, see Rilke (disambiguation).

Rainer Maria Rilke
Rilke in 1900
Born	René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (1875-12-04)4 December 1875 Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	29 December 1926(1926-12-29) (aged 51) Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Occupation	Poet, novelist
Language	German, French
Nationality	Austrian
Period	1894–1925
Literary movement	Modernism
Spouse
Children	1

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke (German:[ˈʁaɪnɐmaˈʁiːaˈʁɪlkə]^ⓘ), was an Austrian poet and novelist.

Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language.^[1] His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and di