Rainer Maria Rilke was a writer par excellence. Rilke penned several great volumes of poetry, and a novel. ‘Collections of letters’, written by this Bohemian-Austrian writer was acclaimed highly by the poetry lovers. Rilke penned lyrics of great intensity.
Rainer Maria Rilke was born on 4th December 1875. He published his first collection of poetry ‘Leben and Lieder’, even before he was admitted to the Charles University in Prague. ‘Larenopfer’ was his succeeding collection of verse. ‘Traumgekront’, came out in 1896. Rilke dropped out of university, and left for Munich that year. His collections ‘Duino Elegies’ and ‘Sonnets to Orpheus’ became famous in the English speaking world.
Leukemia claimed Rainer Maria Rilke’s life on December 29th, 1926. He was buried in the Raron cemetery to the west of Visp. Rilke was idolized by artists and poetry lovers by the time of his death. Rilke’s fame continued to grow after he passed away.