Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

Drawn by some sympathetic not in one of his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young would-be poet, on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world.

Accompanying the letters is a chronicle of Rilke's life showing what he was experiencing in his own relationship to life and work when he wrote these letters.

Letters to a Young Poet book jacket


1993 / paperback reissue / ISBN 0-393-31039-6 / 5 x 8 / 124 pages / Writing/Poetry
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