Rilke Biography

1. Rilke's middle name
5. While dying, Rilke refused all ___
6. Rilke was not sent to the Front during the war because of his fame as a ___
8. Rilke was ___ years old when he had his first poetry published
10. Rilke began to doubt the importance of ___ in the face of "industrial warfare and mass death"
14. Rilke died of ___ in 1926
15. The name of Rilke's daughter
16. Rilke sometimes read fortunes in ___
18. Rilke married and later divorced ___ Westhoff

2. Rilke dedicated a book of poetry to the French sculptor, Francois-Auguste ___
3. Rilke was miserable trapped in the country, ___ during the First World War
4. The Duino Elegies are named after Rilke's friend's ___
7. Rilke was much inspired by the French painter, Paul ___
9. Rilke's young experience at a ___ college haunted him for his entire life
10. Rilke was born in the city of __
11. Rilke met one of his writing heroes, Leo ___ while first in Russia
12. Rilke's "___" was said to have been carried by every German soldier into the First World War.
13. All that was left of the Duino after the First World War
17. Rilke's first girlfriend's name was Lou ___.