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"...I cannot think of a better book to put into the hands of any young would-be poet, as an inspirational guide to poetry and to surviving as a poet in a hostile world." Harry Fainlight, The Times
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Drawn by some sympathetic note 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. An accompanying chronicle of Rilke's life shows what he was experiencing in his own relationship to life and work when he wrote these letters.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this short book of letters by Rilke twice last year and browse through it again and again. Indeed, Rilkes thoughts on man, life, the world are not ony for 'young poets' but are useful for any man. Akthough written at the beginning of this century, these thoughts are also a good guide for anyone living now. I don't need any commercial "Celestine prophecies" - I prefer Rilkes little book !
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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I read this book when I was 18. A friend of mine recomended it to me. It was a great surprise from the first line. I read it in an afternoon, and could not forget it. All the phrases of advice were as if they had been written to me, as if my fears and lonely thoughts were there answered, in a poetic way, in a different way of looking at the things...giving importance to little things that usually are lost in this way of rapid movement
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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"Letters to a Young Poet" is a very small book that allows us to enjoy the correspondence between a famous writer and an aspiring poet. This exchange of letters began in 1903 thanks to a missive that Franz Xaver Kappus sent to R. M. Rilke, and continued for many years, until 1908.
Why is this little book important?. Because it allows us to read what Rilke thought about many subjects, for example life, poetry, and art. And because, as F. X. Kappus said, "when a prince is going to speak, silence must be made".
Kappus wanted to share the insights that Rilke gave him, and thus compiled his missives in "Letters to a young poet". The letters are few, and not overly long, but in this case the knowledge offered is certainly greater than the number of pages.
It is easier to show you what I mean by giving you an example... For instance, what Rilke's advices Franz to do, when he tells him to: "Go into yourself and test the deeps in which your life takes rise; at its source you will find the answer to the question whether you must create. Accept it, just as it sounds, without inquiring into it. Perhaps it will turn out that you are called to be an artist".
On the whole, I highly recommend this book to everybody. It will probably be more useful to aspiring writers, but people who simply enjoy literature will delight in it too :)
Belen Alcat
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A great collection of thoughts, through letters from one man to another, on art, poetry, life and how to live it. Extraordinarily timeless ideas though written in a different era. Read more
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A wonderful inspiring book. My first 'Rilke'. Took it with me on a recent trip abroad and read a letter each day together with the information given about where and how Rilke was... Read more
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but I'll try. This is Rilke at his best, sympathetic, tender, stunning and awe inspiring. Throw away your new age psychobabble & dip into this little beauty instead, it's packed... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2010 by J. Turner
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One of the most moving and life changing books, in the form of letters written by someone so young at the time and yet with such an unbelievable insight into human life.
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A simply beautiful book. I highly recommend it to those who love the written word.
Published on 19 Jun 1999
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A friend gave it to me when I was 18, and after all this years, I think that it is the best gift someone has done to me. Read more
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