What is Rainer Rilke's middle name?
Maria
What is Rainer Rilke's full name?
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
Where was Rainer Rilke born?
Prague
When did Rainer Rilke die?
December 29, 1926
Why did Rainer Rilke die?
leukemia
Is Rainer Rilke gay or straight?
Straight
What is Rainer Rilke's ethnicity?
White
What is Rainer Rilke nationality?
Austrian
What is Rainer Rilke's occupation?
Writer
Short Biography
He wrote in both verse and a highly lyrical prose. His two most famous verse sequences are the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. He also wrote more than 400 poems in French, dedicated to his homeland of choice, the canton of Valais in Switzerland.