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Letters to a Young Poet Audiobook Summary

A work that has inspired generations, this new edition of Letters to a Young Poet features a fresh translation of Rilke’s ten classic letters, along with the missing letters from the young poet himself.
For nearly a century, eager writers and young poets, as well as those simply looking for a purpose in life, have embraced the wisdom of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, first published in 1929. Most readers and scholars have long assumed that the letters from the young poet were forever lost to posterity. Yet, shockingly, these letters were recently uncovered in Germany, and now the acclaimed translator Damion Searls has not only cast a fresh eye on Rilke’s original letters but also those of the “young poet,” Franz Xaver Kappus, an Austrian military cadet and an aspiring poet. This timeless edition, in addition to presenting their dialogue together for the first time in English, provides a new window into the workings of Rilke’s visionary poetic and philosophical mind, allowing us to reexperience the literary genius of one of the most inspiring works of twentieth-century literature.

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About the Author(s) of Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke is the author of Letters to a Young Poet

Subjects

The publisher of the Letters to a Young Poet is Tantor Media, Inc. includes the following subjects: German poets, poetry audiobooks, Rilke translation, Biography & Autobiography, Literary, Literary Collections, General, Literary Collections, Letters, Literary Criticism, General, Literary Criticism, European, General, Literary Criticism, European, German, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Poetry, General, Poetry, European, German The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Literary

Additional info

The publisher of the Letters to a Young Poet is Tantor Media, Inc. The imprint is Tantor Media, Inc. It is supplied by Tantor Media, Inc. The ISBN-13 is 9781705253700.

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This book is only available in the United States.

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