Letters to a Young Poet
| Category: | Book |
| Translated By: | Mitchell, Stephen |
| By (author): | Rilke, Rainer Maria |
| Subject: | LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / General |
| LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters | |
| LITERARY CRITICISM & COLLECTIONS / Belles Lettres | |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / General | |
| POETRY / General | |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Published: | October 1986 |
| Format: | Book-paperback |
| Pages: | 128 |
| Size: | 6.89in x 4.18in x 0.36in |
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Additional Notes
| From The Publisher* | Letters written over a period of several years on the vocation of writing by a poet whose greatest work was still to come. |
| Review Quote* | "The common reader will be delighted by Stephen Mitchell's new translation of that slim and beloved volume by Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet . . . the best yet." --Los Angeles Times |
| Biographical Note | 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. |