Rainer Maria Rilke
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| - | '''Rainer Maria Rilke''' ([[4 December]], [[1875]] – [[29 December]], [[1926]]) is considered one of the [[German language]]'s greatest 20th century [[poet]]s. His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of [[communion]] with the [[ineffable]] in an age of [[disbelief]], [[solitude]], and profound [[anxiety]] — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the [[modernist]] poets. | + | '''Rainer Maria Rilke''' ([[4 December]], [[1875]] – [[29 December]], [[1926]]) is considered one of the [[German language]]'s greatest 20th century [[poet]]s. His [[haunting]] images tend to focus on the difficulty of [[communion]] with the [[ineffable]] in an age of [[disbelief]], [[solitude]], and profound [[anxiety]] — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the [[modernist]] poets. |
| He wrote in both [[Poetry|verse]] and a highly [[lyric poetry|lyric]]al [[prose]]. His two most famous verse sequences are the ''[[Sonnets to Orpheus]]'' and the ''[[Duino Elegies]]''; his two most famous prose works are the ''[[Letters to a Young Poet]]'' and the semi-autobiographical ''[[The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge]]''. He also wrote more than 400 poems in French, dedicated to his homeland of choice, the [[cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. | He wrote in both [[Poetry|verse]] and a highly [[lyric poetry|lyric]]al [[prose]]. His two most famous verse sequences are the ''[[Sonnets to Orpheus]]'' and the ''[[Duino Elegies]]''; his two most famous prose works are the ''[[Letters to a Young Poet]]'' and the semi-autobiographical ''[[The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge]]''. He also wrote more than 400 poems in French, dedicated to his homeland of choice, the [[cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. | ||
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Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December, 1875 – 29 December, 1926) is considered one of the German language's greatest 20th century poets. His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.
He wrote in both verse and a highly lyrical prose. His two most famous verse sequences are the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. He also wrote more than 400 poems in French, dedicated to his homeland of choice, the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
