Van wie was Rainer Maria Rilke?

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language. His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and disbelief. His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry, several volumes of correspondence and a few early novellas.

Rilke travelled extensively throughout Europe, finally settling in Switzerland, which provided the inspiration for many of his poems. While Rilke is best known for his contributions to German literature, he also wrote in French. Among English-language readers, his best-known works include two poetry collections: Duino Elegies (Duineser Elegien) and Sonnets to Orpheus (Die Sonette an Orpheus), a semi-autobiographical novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge), and a collection of ten letters published posthumously Letters to a Young Poet (Briefe an einen jungen Dichter). In the later 20th century, his work found new audiences in citations by self-help authors and frequent quotations in television shows, books and motion pictures.

Baladine Klossowska, née à Breslau le 21 octobre 1886 et morte à Bagneux le 11 septembre 1969, est une artiste peintre.

Elle est la mère du peintre Balthus et de l'écrivain Pierre Klossowski. Son frère est le peintre et graphiste allemand, réputé pour ses portraits, Eugene Spiro. Elle est aussi connue pour être le dernier amour du poète Rainer Maria Rilke.

Lou Andreas-Salomé, geboren als Louise von Salomé (Russisch: Луиза Густавовна Саломе, Luíza Gustavovna Salomé) (Sint-Petersburg, 12 februari 1861 – Göttingen, 5 februari 1937), was een Duits-Russische psychoanalytica en schrijfster.

Claire Goll (geboren Clara Aischmann) (Neurenberg, 29 oktober 1890 – Parijs, 30 mei 1977) was een Duits-Frans journaliste en schrijfster Ze was de vrouw van dichter Yvan Goll.