where was the poet born?
He was born René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke in Prague, capital of Bohemia
Rainer Maria Rilke
He was born René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke in Prague, capital of Bohemia (then part of Austria-Hungary, now part of the Czech Republic).
what are duino elegies? A collection of ten elegies written by the Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)
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Rainer Maria Rilke [SEP] Early life (1875–1896)
He was born René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke in Prague, capital of Bohemia (then part of Austria-Hungary, now part of the Czech Republic). His childhood and youth in Prague were not especially happy. His father, Josef Rilke (1838–1906), became a railway official after an unsuccessful military career. His mother, Sophie ("Phia") Entz (1851–1931), came from a well-to-do Prague family, the Entz-Kinzelbergers, who lived in a house on the Herrengasse (Panská) 8, where René also spent many of his early years. The relationship between Phia and her only son was coloured by her mourning for an earlier child, a daughter who had died only one week old.