Dec. 4: Rainer Maria Rilke, Bohemian-Austrian writer

BORN DECEMBER 4:

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist; major poetry collections include the Duineser Elegien (Duino Elegies) and Die Sonette an Orpheus (Sonnets to Orpheus); a novel Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge (The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge); and a popular collection of Letters to a Young Poet.

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