- Published: 6 June 2023
- ISBN: 9780241620038
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 128
- RRP: $26.00
Letters to a Young Poet
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.
- Published: 6 June 2023
- ISBN: 9780241620038
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 128
- RRP: $26.00
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About the author
RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875-1926) is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. His works include Duino Elegies, The Sonnets to Orpheus, and Letters to a Young Poet.