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Letters to a Young Poet (original title, in German: Briefe an einen jungen Dichter) is a collection of ten letters written by Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) to Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966), a 19-year-old officer cadet at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.
A Letter to a Young Poet was an epistolary novel by Virginia Woolf, written in 1932 to John Lehman, laying out her views on modern poetry. History. In 1932, Woolf responded to a letter from the writer, John Lehmann, about her novel The Waves (1931) in which he asked her to write about her views on modern poetry.
Letters to a Young Poet. Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Xaver Kappus (Introduction), Reginald Snell (Translator) 4.29. 93,634 ratings10,141 reviews. In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value.
Letters to a Young Poet (Letter 1) Lyrics. Paris. February 17, 1903. Dear Sir, Your letter arrived just a few days ago. I want to thank you for the great confidence you have placed in...
Letters to a Young Poet [The First Letter] | Academy of American Poets. Paris. 17 February 1903. My dear sir, Your letter reached me just a few days ago. I want to thank you for the deep and loving trust it revealed. I can do no more. I cannot comment on the style of your verses; critical intent is too far removed from my nature.
Introduction. Rilke’s letters to a young poet Franz Xaver Kappus, written between 1902 and 1908, were first published by Kappus in 1929.
weary poet is dispelled, and in the end we find him always young, always constructive, the emi nently positive philosopher of these letters. New York, October, 1934 In revising the text for the present edition the translator is indebted to Herbert Steiner for many helpful criticisms and suggestions. Washington, D.C., February, 1954
