Letters to a young poet
/ Rainer Maria Rilke
- New York : The Modern Library , 2001, c1984
- 109 p. ; 19 cm
In 1902, a nineteen-year-old aspiring poet named Franz Kappus wrote to Rilke, then twenty-six, seeking advice on his poetry. Kappus, a student at a military academy in Vienna similar to the one Rilke had attended, was about to embark on a career as an officer, for which he had little inclination. Touched by the innocence and forthrightness of the student, Rilke responded to Kappus' letter and began an intermittent correspondence that would last until 1908. Letters to a Young Poet collects the ten letters that Rilke wrote to Kappus.
Translated from the German to English
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Rilke, Rainer Maria (, 1875-1926)
Correspondence---Collections Authors, German---Correspondence---20th century