Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Rainer Maria Rilke across 5 places, from 1896 to 1926.
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René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Rainer Maria Rilke was documented, and when
1896year
Pragueattested“He took classes in literature, art history, and philosophy in Prague, until 1896 when he left school and moved to Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1896year
Munichattested“He took classes in literature, art history, and philosophy in Prague, until 1896 when he left school and moved to Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1910year
Parisattested“Rilke wrote his only novel, ' (translated as The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge), while living in Paris, completing the work in 1910.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
December 1912month
Rondaattested“During the later part of this decade, Rilke spent extended periods in Ronda, the famous bullfighting centre in southern Spain, where he kept a permanent room at the Hotel Reina Victoria from December 1912 to February 1913.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
29 December 1926exact date
Switzerlandattested“Open-eyed, he died in the arms of his doctor on 29 December 1926, in the Valmont Sanatorium in Switzerland.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
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May 1892month
Praguementioned“Expelled in May 1892, the 16-year-old returned to Prague, where, for three years, he was tutored for the university entrance exam, which he passed in 1895.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1897year
Munichmentioned“Rilke met and fell in love with the widely travelled and intellectual woman of letters Lou Andreas-Salomé in 1897 in Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1900year
Russiamentioned“His relationship with this married woman, with whom he undertook two extensive trips to Russia, lasted until 1900.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
Parismentioned“In the summer of 1902, Rilke left home and travelled to Paris to write a monograph on the sculptor Auguste Rodin.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1908 to 1912period
Toledo, Spainmentioned“Rilke had developed an admiration for El Greco as early as 1908, so he visited Toledo during the winter of 1912/13 to see his paintings.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
October 1911month
Triestementioned“Between October 1911 and May 1912, Rilke stayed at the Castle Duino, near Trieste, home of Princess Marie of Thurn und Taxis.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1912year
Duinomentioned“Rilke began writing the elegies in 1912 while a guest of Princess (1855–1934) at Duino Castle, near Trieste on the Adriatic Sea.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1912year
Triestementioned“Rilke began writing the elegies in 1912 while a guest of Princess (1855–1934) at Duino Castle, near Trieste on the Adriatic Sea.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1912year
Duino Castlementioned“Rilke began writing the elegies in 1912 while a guest of Princess (1855–1934) at Duino Castle, near Trieste on the Adriatic Sea.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
11 June 1919exact date
Switzerlandmentioned“On 11 June 1919, Rilke travelled from Munich to Switzerland.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
Sierrementioned“It was only in mid-1921 that he was able to find a permanent residence in the Château de Muzot in the commune of Veyras, close to Sierre in Valais.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
1921year
Château de Muzotmentioned“It was only in mid-1921 that he was able to find a permanent residence in the Château de Muzot in the commune of Veyras, close to Sierre in Valais.”source: Wikipedia: Rainer Maria Rilke
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