Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke, born in Prague in 1875, 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.

  • Letters
    Letters
    Letters Boris Pasternak

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