Noun
German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)
Source: WordNetA Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke. Source: Internet
In his lifetime he was recognized as an author fully versed in Latin love poetry. citation The Sonnets to Orpheus are a cycle of 55 sonnets written in 1922 by the Bohemian Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926). Source: Internet
Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1998), p. 481. Within a few days, between 2 February and 5 February 1922, he had completed the first section of 26 sonnets. Source: Internet
Music National Medal Of Arts recipient Morten Lauridsen wrote a choral work entitled "Dirait-on" based on the poem by Rainer Maria Rilke. Source: Internet
"The Walk" by Rainer Maria Rilke (1924) Translated by Robert Bly Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, ed. and trans. Source: Internet
Works Complete works * Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke in 12 Bänden (Complete Works in 12 Volumes), published by Rilke Archive in association with Ruth Sieber-Rilke, edited by Ernst Zinn. Source: Internet