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Letters to a Young Poet

With the Letters to Rilke from the ''Young Poet''
By Rainer Maria Rilke and Damion Searls and Franz Xaver Kappus
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Letters to a Young Poet presents an intimate correspondence between the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and the aspiring writer Franz Xaver Kappus. Newly uncovered letters from Kappus are included alongside Rilke's sage replies, offering profound reflections on creativity, purpose, and the struggles of being an artist. This edition reveals the deep dialogue behind a timeless literary masterpiece of the twentieth century.
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for aspiring writers, poets, and readers fascinated by philosophy and the creative process, as well as anyone seeking meaningful life insights through literature.

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Nearly a century after the publication of Rilke’s inspirational work, the missing letters of the young poet himself finally appear in this canonical edition.

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For nearly a century, eager writers and young poets, as well as those simply looking for a purpose in life, have embraced the wisdom of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, first published in 1929.

Most readers and scholars have long assumed that the letters from the young poet were forever lost to posterity. Yet, shockingly, these letters were recently uncovered in Germany, and now the acclaimed translator Damion Searls has not only cast a fresh eye on Rilke's original letters but also those of the "young poet," Franz Xaver Kappus, an Austrian military cadet and an aspiring poet.

This timeless edition, in addition to presenting their dialogue together for the first time in English, provides a new window into the workings of Rilke's visionary poetic and philosophical mind, allowing us to reexperience the literary genius of one of the most inspiring works of twentieth-century literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631497674

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 November 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Liveright Publishing Corporation

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 119.0mm

Height: 193.0mm

Weight: 202g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Damion Searls Franz Xaver Kappus Journals Non-Fiction Poetry Rainer Maria Rilke Stationery

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. Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966) was an Austrian military officer, journalist, and poet. 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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