Franz Xaver Kappus
Military officer, journalist, editor and writer from Austria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Franz Xaver Kappus (17 May 1883 – 9 October 1966) was an Austrian military officer, journalist, editor and writer who wrote poetry, short-stories, novels and screenplays. Kappus is known chiefly as the military academy cadet who wrote to Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) for advice in a series of letters from 1902 to 1908 that were assembled and published in the best-selling book Letters to a Young Poet (1929).
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Born | (1883-05-17)17 May 1883 Timișoara, Banat, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 9 October 1966(1966-10-09) (aged 83) Berlin, Germany |
Language | German |
Nationality | Austrian |
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Military career | |
Allegiance | Austria-Hungary |
Service/ | Army |
Rank | Officer |
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