Collection: Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) is arguably the greatest German poet since Goethe. His major works include Duino Elegies, The Sonnets to Orpheus, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, The Book of Hours, and Letters to a Young Poet.

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Collection: Rainer Maria Rilke