Rainer Maria Rilke
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Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his own writing, asking for advice on becoming a writer. The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, cherished by readers for what translator Mitchell...
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"Wie ist es möglich zu leben, wenn doch die Elemente dieses Lebens uns völlig unfaßlich sind?" R. M. Rilke
Die "Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", der "Werther" Rilkes, gehören zu den großen Durchbruchleistungen der modernen Literatur. In vergeblichem Suchen nach Gott und nach dem Sinn des Lebens steht der Held schließlich wehrlos der Wirklichkeit gegenüber.