Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke

Jacket Description/Flap: Letters written over a period of several years on the vocation of writing by a poet whose greatest work was still to come. Review Quotes: " 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" "From the Hardcover edition."Marc Notes: Translation of: Briefe an einen jungen Dichter.; Letters written to Franz Kappus, 1903-1908. Review Quotes: "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. Review Citations:

Time 09/28/2009 pg. 71 (EAN 9781607960263, Paperback)

Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 200 (EAN 9781577311553, Hardcover)

New York Review of Books 01/10/2013 pg. 40 (EAN 9780674052451, Hardcover)

Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 193 (EAN 9780674052451, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Rilke, Rainer Maria Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the German language. His most famous works are Sonnets to Orpheus, The Duino Elegies, Letters to a Young Poet, and The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. His collected work is comprised of hundreds of other poems, essays, plays, and stories. Contributor Bio:  Mitchell, Stephen Stephen Mitchell's many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and The Second Book of the Tao, as well as The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, and Meetings with the Archangel.