Letters to a Young Poet Translated and with an Afterword by Ulrich Baer

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In this slim collection of ten letters, written to an aspiring poet in the early 1900s, Rilke speaks with his unique insistence about living your true, authentic life. Countless readers have found inspiration, wisdom, and guidance in these deeply personal letters now famous the world over. Translated and with a new afterword by Ulrich Baer, University Professor at New York University and translator of Rilke’s Letters on Life and The Dark Interval, and the editor of other books by and about Rilke.