Letters to a Young Poet
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Letters to a Young Poet
By (Author) Charlie Louth
By (author) Rainer Maria Rilke
Edited by Charlie Louth
Introduction by Lewis Hyde
Notes by Charlie Louth
Translated by Charlie Louth
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
6th June 2023
23rd February 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
831.912
Physical Properties
Hardback
128
Width 114mm, Height 164mm, Spine 14mm
160g
Description
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Over the course of six years, Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This volume also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written too in letter form.
Author Bio
Rainer Maria Rilke was born in 1875 in Prague. He studied literature, art history and philosophy in both Munich and Prague, and is often considered one of the German language's greatest 20th century poets. His two most famous verse sequences are the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.
