René 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 ]

Inspired by the lives of the Russian people, whom the poet considered more devoutly spiritual than other Europeans, Rilke’s work during this period often featured traditional Christian imagery and concepts, but presented art as the sole redeemer of humanity.

Apr 1, 1996 · Rilke was one of the most gifted and conscientious artists who ever lived. And beyond all that, he was fascinating. At a time when numbing public discourse portrays the two sexes as though they...

Beginning in the winter semester of 1895/96, Rilke studies art history, literature, and philosophy at the University of Prague (Karls-Universität). He publishes the poetry collection Larenopfer (Offerings to the Lares) and assembles the first volume of Wegwarten (Wild Chicory).

Oct 4, 2016 · But the finest, richest, truest answer of all comes from Rainer Maria Rilke (December 4, 1875–December 29, 1926) in Letters to a Young Poet (public library) — those invaluable packets of wisdom on writing and life, which Rilke bequeathed to a 19-year-old cadet and budding poet named Franz Xaver Kappus.

Apr 11, 2025 · Rainer Maria Rilke (born December 4, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died December 29, 1926, Valmont, Switzerland) was an Austro-German poet who became internationally famous with his lyric poems and such works as Duino Elegies (1923) and Sonnets to Orpheus (1923).

Jun 22, 2018 · The patience of making art is a lonely patience — one that demands the solitude essential for creative work, be it art or science, so widely recognized by creators across time and discipline. “Oh comforting solitude, how favorable thou art to original thought!” wrote neuroscience founding father Santiago Ramón y Cajal in considering the ...

Jul 28, 2010 · Rilke went further than any other German writer in using ideas from the visual and plastic arts to shape his poetry. The years between his first long stay with the artists of Worpswede in 1900 and his excitement about Cézanne in 1907 mark a continuous development in his understanding of the visual and his ideas about artistic form.

Aug 30, 2016 · But while Rilke was learning to see like an artist, he had not yet mastered the handicraft of one. Where was the “tool of my art, the hammer, my hammer?” he wondered. How could he build objects out of words?

Rainer 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 …