Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke’s powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet.    At the start of the twentieth century Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet advising him on writing love sex suffering and the nature of advice itself. These profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for generations of writers and artists of all kinds including Lady Gaga and Patti Smith. With honesty elegance and a deep understanding of the loneliness that often ...See More