Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian Poet
Date of Birth | : | 04 Dec, 1875 |
Date of Death | : | 29 Dec, 1926 |
Place of Birth | : | Prague, Czechia |
Profession | : | Poet, Novelist, Art Critic |
Nationality | : | Austrian, German |
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, known as Rainer Maria Rilke, 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. His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and disbelief. His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry and several volumes of correspondence.