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Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke (December 4, 1875-December 29, 1926), Prague-born German poet, most noted for his Duino Elegies.

Some of his works:

Leben und Lieder (1894)
Das Stunden-Buch (1905)
Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (1906)
Requiem für eine Freundin (1908)
Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge (1910)
Duinese Elegien (1923)
Sonette an Orpheus (1923)
Letters to a Young Poet

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