Invalides in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Rainer-Maria Rilke
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 6, 2025
1. Rainer-Maria Rilke Marker
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Auguste Rodin
Rainer-Maria Rilke
vecut de 1908 a 1911
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 48° 51.35′ N, 2° 18.958′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Invalides. It can be reached from Rue de Varenne, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the interior side of the Rodin Museum, reachable from Rue de Varenne. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 77 Rue de Varenne, Paris, Île-de-France 75007, France. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.
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Also see . . . Rainer Maria Rilke (Wikipedia). Excerpt:
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language. His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and disbelief. His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry, several volumes of correspondence and a few early novellas.(Submitted on January 20, 2026.)
Inthe summer of 1902, Rilke left home and travelled to Paris to write a monograph on the sculptor Auguste Rodin.… At first, Rilke had a difficult time in Paris, an experience that he called upon in the first part of his only novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. At the same time his encounter with modernism was very stimulating: Rilke became deeply involved with the sculpture of Rodin and then the work of Paul Cézanne. For a time, he acted as Rodin's secretary, also lecturing and writing a long essay on Rodin and his work. Rodin taught him the value of objective observation and, under this influence, Rilke dramatically transformed his poetic style from the subjective and sometimes incantatory language of his earlier work into something quite new in European literature. The result was the New Poems, famous for the "thing-poems" expressing Rilke's rejuvenated artistic vision.…Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 6, 20252. Rainer-Maria Rilke Marker - wide viewThe marker is visible here to the left of the large gray door. Note that although the marker is on the grounds of the Rodin Museum, which has an entrance fee, if one wished to merely view the marker without paying the fee, one could enter the grounds through the main entrance and view the marker from the entrance line area and exit the same way without the need to pay.
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Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 26 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 20, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
