by Rainer Maria Rilke · 1001 NUITS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782842051563
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«Lettres à un jeune poète» is the epistolary classic by Rainer Maria Rilke, published by Mille et une nuits in paperback (78 pages, in French).
Between 1903 and 1908, Rainer Maria Rilke writes to the young poet Franz Xaver Kappus to encourage him in his vocation. He reflects on solitude, doubt and personal experience as keys to creation, and advises him to seek his own voice. The book is a classic of epistolary literature and a guide to the craft of writing.
Originally written in German and published in 1929, the ten letters appear in the translation by Josette Calas and Fanette Lepetit; the volume is number 171 of the La Petite Collection series.
A reference read for writers, literature students and readers interested in Rilke's work and in reflection on artistic creation.
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language. His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of subjective experience and disbelief. His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry, several volumes of correspondence and a few early novellas.
