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Letters to a Young Poet

By Rainer Maria Rilke
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Letters to a Young Poet presents a series of insightful letters written by Rainer Maria Rilke between 1903 and 1908 to a young aspiring poet. These letters explore the nature of poetry and offer profound advice on how to navigate life as a sensitive artist in a challenging world. Alongside the letters, readers find a biographical chronicle that illuminates the experiences and emotions Rilke himself was enduring during this period.
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This book is well suited for young poets, writers, and anyone interested in creative inspiration and the artistic journey of facing life’s hardships with sensitivity.

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Letters to a Young Poet

Rilke's timeless letters about poetry, sensitive observation, and the complicated workings of the human heart.

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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.

Accompanying the letters is a chronicle of Rilke's life, showing what he was experiencing in his own relationship to life and work when he wrote these letters.

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Harry Fainlight, The Times, praises the book as an invaluable guide, stating it is an inspirational resource for any young poet, helping them understand both poetry and the difficulties of surviving as a poet in a hostile environment.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393310399

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 September 1993

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

  • Translated by M. D. Herter Norton
  • Translated by M. D. Herter Norton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 98g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the German language. His most famous works are Sonnets to Orpheus, The Duino Elegies, Letters to a Young Poet, and The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. His collected work is comprised of hundreds of other poems, essays, plays, and stories. M. D. Herter Norton is a publisher and translator. Together with her husband William Warder Norton, she founded the publishing company W. W. Norton & Company. Her work as translator includes the translation of works by Rainer Marie Rilke.

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