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Letters to a Young Poet
The Norton Centenary Edition
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This slim volume of letters from the poet and mystic, Rainer Maria Rilke, to a nineteen-year-old cadet and aspiring poet named Franz Xaver Kappus, has touched millions of readers since it was first published in English in 1934.
The translator, Mary Dows Herter Norton—a polymath extraordinaire with expertise in music, literature, and science, and who, along with her husband, William Warder Norton, founded the company that bears his name—played a crucial role in elevating Rilke's reputation in the English-speaking world.
This Norton Centenary Edition commemorates Norton, known as "Polly" to friends and colleagues, and the 100th anniversary of the publishing company she co-founded.
An admiring foreword by Damion Searls—himself a recent translator of Rilke's Letters—celebrates Polly's stylistic achievement, and an afterword by Norton's President, Julia A. Reidhead, honours her commitment to maintaining W. W. Norton & Company's independence.
This handsome new edition of a beloved classic brings Rilke's enduring wisdom about life, love, and art to a new generation, in the translation that first introduced him to the English-speaking world.
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Anne Enright from The Observer praises the Norton centenary edition of Letters to a Young Poet as a visually appealing hardback edition, highlighting its value as an essential text for aspiring writers and a thoughtful gift.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781324050728
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 July 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Illustration: 2 illustrations
Contributors:
- Translated by M. D. Herter Norton
- Translated by M. D. Herter Norton
- Afterword by Julia Reidhead
- Foreword by Damion Searls
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 147.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 327g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus, Duino Elegies, and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language. M.D.H. Norton (1894–1985) was cofounder of W. W. Norton & Company, now the oldest and largest publisher owned wholly by its employees. Damion Searls is a prize-winning translator of fifty books from German, French, Norwegian, and Dutch. Liveright published his translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet in 2020.
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