The book includes works of the great Austrian poet R.M. Rilke that have not previously been translated into Russian in the original composition, based on the “Florentine Diary”, written by the author in his youth. This rare work is a lyrical confession of an artist whose focus is personality, culture and art in their interrelation. "I saw in Rilke, I loved in him the most tender and spiritual man of this world, a man who, more than anyone else, was visited by all kinds of wonderful fears and spiritual secrets" (Paul Valery).