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.
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Contents
Introduction
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
Notes
The Archaic Torso of Apollo
Afterword by Ulrich Baer
Rainer Maria Rilke
Biographical Timeline
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Ulrich Baer is a graduate of Harvard and Yale and has been awarded Guggenheim, Getty, and von Humdoldt fellowships. He is University Professor at New York University and has translated Rilke’s Letters on Life and The Dark Interval and edited other books by and about Rilke. He has also translated works by Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Buber, and Sigmund Freud.