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Born in Prague, son of Joseph and Phia.
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Published his first collection of poems "Leben und Lieder" or " Life and songs"
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Moves to Berlin in 1897 with friend Lou Andreas-Salomé.
Enters University of Berlin as an art student in 1899 -
1903: Rilke publishes and monograph on Auguste Rodin.
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In 1905 Rilke releases "Stunden-Buch" or "Book of Hours"
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In 1910 "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge" is published.
Written in prose-poem form, tells the tale of a poor poet living in Paris. -
Rilke writes "War Songs" at the start of the first world war.
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Rilke is drafted into the Austrian army on November 26 1915.
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Rilke moves ti Switzerland in 1919 and becomes a citizen in 1921.
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"The Duino Elegies" and the "Sonnets to Orpheus" are published.
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Rilke dies on December 29th 1926.
