Letters to a Young Poet: The Norton Centenary Edition

This slim volume of letters from the poet and mystic, Rainer Maria Rilke, to a nineteen-year-old cadet...
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Letters to a Young Poet: The Norton Centenary Edition by Rilke, Rainer Maria

Letters to a Young Poet: The Norton Centenary Edition

$30.42

Letters to a Young Poet: The Norton Centenary Edition

$30.42
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This slim volume of letters from the poet and mystic, Rainer Maria Rilke, to a nineteen-year-old cadet and aspiring poet named Franz Xaver Kappus, has touched millions of readers since it was first published in English in 1934. The translator, Mary Dows Herter Norton--a polymath extraordinaire with expertise in music, literature, and science, and who, along with her husband, William Warder Norton, founded the company that bears his name--played a crucial role in elevating Rilke's reputation in the English-speaking world.

This Norton Centenary Edition commemorates Norton, known as "Polly" to friends and colleagues, and the 100th anniversary of the publishing company she co-founded. An admiring foreword by Damion Searls--himself a recent translator of Rilke's Letters--celebrates Polly's stylistic achievement, and an afterword by Norton's President, Julia A. Reidhead, honors her commitment to maintaining W. W. Norton & Company's independence.

This handsome new edition of a beloved classic brings Rilke's enduring wisdom about life, love, and art to a new generation, in the translation that first introduced him to the English-speaking world.



Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/23/2023
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781324050728

About the Author
Searls, Damion: - Damion Searls is a prize-winning translator of fifty books from German, French, Norwegian, and Dutch. Liveright published his translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet in 2020.Rilke, Rainer Maria: - Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus, Duino Elegies, and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.Norton, M. D. Herter: - M.D.H. Norton (1894-1985) was cofounder of W. W. Norton & Company, now the oldest and largest publisher owned wholly by its employees.

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