Letters to a Young Poet

Hardback

Main Details

Title Letters to a Young Poet
Authors and Contributors      Afterword by Charlie Louth
By (author) Rainer Maria Rilke
Edited by Charlie Louth
Introduction by Lewis Hyde
Notes by Charlie Louth
SeriesLittle Clothbound Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 167,Width 120
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780241620038
ClassificationsDewey:831.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
NZ Release Date 6 June 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

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 Biography

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.