(S+) Rilke-Boom in the Social Media: the Man Lady Gaga Tattooed on Her Arm

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Why is the lyricist Rainer Maria Rilke trending on Instagram, TikTok and Co.? Germanist Sandra Richter explains what the man has to tell us today on his 150th birthday.

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Closed to the ages / are the gods of men. Under the yoke / Complaining until the last blow of the times, / He who is never, I am and am still breathing.

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Would you have recognized Rainer Maria Rilke in girl's clothes? He was actually baptized with the androgynous French-speaking name René, his mother would have wanted him to be a girl so she would sometimes dress him like a little princess. Rainer would become... The article 150 years after Rilke's birth first appeared in The Fifth Power.

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He has long since become an iconic pop star. Lady Gaga wears a quote from this poet's letter as a tattoo on her upper arm. Young influencers recite his poems and letters on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok

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150 years ago, the poet was born whose verses still divide people into two camps: bold criticism or mere kitsch?

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Pop stars and influencers quote him: Rainer Maria Rilke fascinates even 150 years after his birth. What makes his work so timeless and worth reading to this day?