Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist, regarded as one of the most significant poets in the German language, known for works such as the Duino Elegies and Letters to a Young Poet.
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Background
- Born in
- Prague
- Educated at
- German University in PragueLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Trending topics shown first"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 h…"
"Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without havin…"
"For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been given to us, the ultimate, the final problem and proof, the work for which all other work is mere…"
"To love is good, too: love being difficult. For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all othe…"
"That’s love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other."
"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them w…"
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Timeline
1875
Born
Birth1926
Died
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