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name: "Rainer Maria Rilke"
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description: "Austrian poet (1875 to 1926), author of Letters to a Young Poet, the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus."
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publication: The Quantum of Light
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# Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet (1875 to 1926), author of Letters to a Young Poet, the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus.

**Poet**

## Books

- [Sonnets to Orpheus](/book/sonnets-to-orpheus)
- [Duino Elegies](/book/duino-elegies)
- [Letters to a Young Poet](/book/letters-to-a-young-poet)

## Coverage

- [undefined](/article/a-century-after-rilke-s-death-letters-to-a-young-poet-is-still-the-book-writers-pass-to-each-other) - Poets & Poetry, 2026-11-07