![]() ![]() With an introduction by Rachel Corbett, author of You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin (2016), this book is a must-have for Rilke’s admirers, young and old, and all aspiring artists. Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilkes voluminous, never-before-translated correspondence, this volume offers the best writings and personal philosophy of one of. ![]() Writing during his aged years, this volume paints a picture of the venerable poet as he faced his mortality, through the perspective of hindsight, and continued to embrace his openness towards other creative individuals. Rilke’s constant warmth, his ability to sense in advance his correspondent’s difficulties and propose solutions to them, and his sensitivity as a person and an artist come across in these charming and honest letters. In these eight intimate letters written to a teenage Balthus-who would go on to become one of the leading artists of his generation-Rilke describes the challenges he faced, while opening the door for the young painter to take himself and his work seriously. While the latter has become a global phenomenon, with millions of copies sold in many different languages, the present volume has been largely overlooked. But that is not important Only the ten letters are important that follow here, important for an un derstanding of the world in which Rainer Maria Rilke lived and worked, and important too for. ![]() ![]() Never before translated into English, Rainer Maria Rilke’s fascinating Letters to a Young Painter, written toward the end of his life between 19, is a surprising companion to his infamous Letters to a Young Poet, earlier correspondence from 1902 to 1908. ![]()
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