Rainer Maria Rilke - Wikipedia
WEBRené Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke (German: [ˈʁaɪnɐ maˈʁiːa ˈʁɪlkə]), 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]
Rainer Maria Rilke | Poetry Foundation
WEBWidely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets, Rainer Maria Rilke was unique in his efforts to expand the realm of poetry through new uses of syntax and imagery and in an aesthetic philosophy that rejected Christian precepts and strove to reconcile beauty and suffering, life and death.
Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes (Author of Letters to a Young Poet) - Goodreads
WEBShowing 1-30 of 1,860. “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”. ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet. tags: love.
Rainer Maria Rilke | Austrian-German Poet & Philosopher
WEBMay 16, 2024 · Rainer Maria Rilke (born Dec. 4, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died Dec. 29, 1926, Valmont, Switz.) was an Austro-German poet who became internationally famous with such works as Duino Elegies and Sonnets to …
About Rilke – The Rainer Maria Rilke Archive
WEBAbout Rilke. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) “Rose, o pure contradiction, desire to be no one’s sleep beneath so many lids”. Rilke’s self-composed epitaph, written before leukemia took his life December 29, 1926. It was the rose, a symbol of love, beauty, and devotion in much of Rilke’s writings, which ironically caused the onset of ...
About Rainer Maria Rilke | Academy of American Poets
WEBRainer Maria Rilke - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Born in Prague on December 4, 1875, Rainer Maria Rilke is recognized by many as a master of verse.
On Life and Wisdom – The Rainer Maria Rilke Archive
WEBEverything goes thither now, what happens there I do not know.”. -Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. “At bottom no one in life can help anyone else in life; this one experiences over and over in every conflict and every perplexity: that one is alone.”. …
Poems – The Rainer Maria Rilke Archive
WEBPoems. Below are 100 selected poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. All poems in English are copyrighted by the translator.
Rainer Maria Rilke | Fondation Rilke
WEBJune: Prague. July: Sopot. Resides beginning in August in Berlin-Schmargendoft. Mid-December through end of year: Hamburg, Bremen, Worpswede. Rilke writes the Florenzer Tagebuch (Florence Diaries) and begins the Schmargendorfer Tagebuch …
Rainer Maria Rilke | Encyclopedia.com
WEBJun 8, 2018 · Overview. German poet Rainer Maria Rilke is considered one of the greatest lyric poets of twentieth-century Germany. He is credited with creating the “thing-poem,” a form that involves describing physical objects in the most precise way possible.
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