Letters to a Young Poet
$22.99
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2023
Summary
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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 als…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241620038 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241620031 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth, Lewis Hyde |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 168mm x 118mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Little Clothbound Classics |
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About The Author
Rainer Maria Rilke
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.
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