1875-1926. Austrian writer, born in Prague.
His prose works include the
semi-autobiographical Die Aufzeichnungen des
Malte Laurids Brigge/Notebook of Malte
Laurids Brigge 1910, and his poetical works
include Die Sonnette an Orpheus/Sonnets to
Orpheus 1923 and Duisener Elegien/Duino
Elegies 1923. His verse is characterized by a
form of mystic pantheism that seeks to
achieve a state of ecstasy in which existence
can be apprehended as a whole.