Archives - Literature: Page 20
Author: amparo enriquez (Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:32 am)
Title: literature
My favorite poet was the Austrian writer Rilke Rainer Maria who was born in 1875 and died in 1926. His prose works include the semi-autobiographical Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge/The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge 1910. his verse is characterized by a form of mystic pantheism that seeks to achieve a state of ecstasy in which existence can be apprehended as a whole.
Rilke was born in Prague. He traveled widely and worked for a time as secretary to the sculptor Rodin. He died in Switzerland. His poetical works include Die Sonnette an Orpheus/Sonnets to Orpheus 1923 and Duisener Elegien/Duino Elegies 1923.