Letters to a young poet: translated, with an introduction and commentary, by reginald snell - rainer maria rilke

The ten letters collected here are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of our century.

Written when Rainer Maria Rilke was himself still a young man with most of his greatest work before him, they are addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his work, asking for advice about becoming a writer.

The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, which have been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of readers.