Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Born in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poet on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. This production shows one letter, which offers a different response from what the young author was expecting. The letter allows one to consider what he or she might be experiencing in relationship to life and work. (20:31) Produced and narrated by Vincent Bagnall.
Born in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young, would-be poet on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. This production shows one letter, which offers a different response from what the young author was expecting. The letter allows one to consider what he or she might be experiencing in relationship to life and work. (20:31) Produced and narrated by Vincent Bagnall.
