Letters to a Young Poet

The Norton Centenary Edition

Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton, Julia Reidhead , Damion Searls

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07 July 2023

Diaries, letters & journals; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Anthologies (non-poetry); Literary studies: poetry & poets

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.

By: Rainer Maria Rilke
Afterword by: Julia Reidhead
Foreword by: Damion Searls
Translated by: M. D. Herter Norton
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9781324050728
ISBN 10: 1324050721
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 07 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was one of the most acclaimed German-language poets of the twentieth century. M.D.H. Norton (1894-1985) was cofounder of W. W. Norton & Company, now the oldest and largest publisher owned wholly by its employees. 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.

Reviews for Letters to a Young Poet: The Norton Centenary Edition

""The Norton centenary edition of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet is a beautiful hardback of an essential text and a great gift to any aspiring writer."" -- Anne Enright - The Observer