Rainer Maria Rilke

2 summariesSpirituality, Philosophy, Literary Fiction

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, shortened to 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.

Books by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Duino Elegies
Rainer Maria Rilke
4.4 (7k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality
Rilke's elegies explore the beauty and burden of human life, caught between the earthly and the divine, under the silent gaze of angels.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
Rainer Maria Rilke
4.0 (7k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In early 20th-century Paris, a young Danish poet, Malte Laurids Brigge, struggles with his aristocratic past and the terror of modern life, seeing death everywhere as his own identity fades.