LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET by Rainer Maria Rilke

In Letters to a Young Poet, author Rainer Maria Rilke offers a series of heartfelt letters to a young aspiring poet, sharing his wisdom on writing, love, suffering, and the creative life.

These letters, written at the start of the twentieth century, have become an enduring source of inspiration for writers and artists. Rainer Maria Rilke s reflections are filled with honesty and lyrical beauty, making Letters to a Young Poet a deeply moving work in the autobiography genre.

This edition of Letters to a Young Poet includes an introduction by Lewis Hyde, which provides valuable context for the letters, and features Rilke s later work, The Letter from the Young Worker. For anyone seeking inspiration from one of literature s great minds, Rainer Maria Rilke s letters offer timeless guidance in this classic autobiography.