Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet -- Rainer Maria Rilke, Hardcover

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Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his own writing, asking for advice on becoming a writer. The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, which have been cherished by hundreds of thousands of readers for what Stephen Mitchell calls in his Foreword the "vibrant and deeply felt experience of life" that informs them. Eloquent and personal, Rilke's meditations on the creative process, the nature of love, the wisdom of children, and the importance of solitude offer a wealth of spiritual and practical guidance for anyone. At the same time, this collection, in Stephen Mitchell's definitive translation, reveals the thoughts and feelings of one of the greatest poets and most distinctive sensibilities of the twentieth century.

Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 12/04/2001
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.56h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780679642329
Age Range: 18-UP

About the Author
Rainer Marie Rilke, the great Austro-German poet, was the author of many works including Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus.

Stephen Mitchell's translations include Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Job, Tao Te Ching, and, most recently, Bhagavad-Gita. He lives in California.

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European, Fiction, Hardcover, Letters, Literary Collections, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Modern Library, Modern Library (Hardcover), Rainer Maria, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke, Young Adult

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