1875 - 1926

born in Prague
military school
Lou Andreas-Salomé
early fame
Russia, Tolstoy, religiosity
painter and wife Clara Westhoff

Rodin in Paris: seeing, objects
“Dinggedichte”
(thing poems)

Traveling throughout Europe
Castle Duino: Duino Elegies
WW1, 1914-18: in Germany
Muzot, Switzerland
dies of leukemia