Rainer Maria Rilke

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Rainer Maria Rilke was an influential Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist renowned for his lyrical, introspective works such as the "Duino Elegies" and "Sonnets to Orpheus."

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René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke 1

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instanceOf lyric poet
novelist
person
poet
birthName Rainer Maria Rilke self-linksurface differs
surface form: René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
causeOfDeath leukemia
child Ruth Rilke
citizenship Austrian
correspondent Franz Xaver Kappus
Lou Andreas-Salomé
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1875-12-04
dateOfDeath 1926-12-29
education Charles University in Prague
University of Munich NERFINISHED
ethnicOrigin Bohemian
genre letter
novel
poetry
givenName René
influenced 20th-century literature
German-language poetry
influencedBy French symbolism
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lou Andreas-Salomé
Russian culture
knownFor existential and spiritual themes
lyrical introspective poetry
language German
movement modernism
symbolism
nameChange René Rilke to Rainer Maria Rilke
nationality Bohemia
surface form: Bohemian-Austrian
notableWork Duino Elegies
Letters to a Young Poet
Sonnets to Orpheus
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
occupation translator
writer
patron Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis
placeOfBirth Bohemia
Prague
placeOfDeath Montreux
Valmont
religion Roman Catholic background
residence Duino Castle
Paris
Switzerland
spouse Clara Westhoff

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Symphony No. 5 basedOnTextBy Rainer Maria Rilke
subject surface form: Symphony No. 5 (Harbison)
Rainer Maria Rilke birthName Rainer Maria Rilke self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
Stéphane Mallarmé correspondedWith Rainer Maria Rilke
University of Tübingen hasNotableAlumnus Rainer Maria Rilke
Boris Pasternak influencedBy Rainer Maria Rilke