Rainer Maria Rilke(1875–1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.
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Rainer Maria Rilke
Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist.
Rainer Maria Rilke(1875–1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.