Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his own writing, asking for advice on becoming a writer. The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, which have been cherished by hundreds of thousands of readers for what Stephen Mitchell calls in his Foreword that "vibrant and deeply felt experience of life" that informs them. Eloquent and personal, Rilke's meditations on the creative process, the nature of love, the wisdom of children, and the importance of solitude offer a wealth of spiritual and practical guidance for anyone. At the same time, this collection, in Stephen Mitchell's definitive translation, reveals the thoughts and feelings of one of the greatest poets and most distinctive sensibilities of the twentieth century. Written between 1903 and 1908 to a student who had sent Rilke his poems for evaluation, these ten letters--among the most famous and beloved of this century--reveal the deeply felt ideas about life and art that shaped the great poet's work. Two-color interior.

勒内·玛丽亚·里尔克(1875—1926)，20世纪最有影响的德语诗人，其作品浩瀚，题材涉及广泛，有诗歌、小说、书信、日志、传记、艺术随笔等；一生还译有大量英、法、美、俄等国的文学作品，可谓多才多艺。 《马尔特手记》为里尔克创作生涯中的第一个高峰，它叙述一个出生没落贵族、性情孤僻敏感的丹麦青年诗人的回忆与自白，某种程度上是作者自身的写照。 小说由71个没有连续情节，又不讲时间顺序的笔记体断片构成，因为共同的主题——爱、孤独、恐惧、疾病、死亡、上帝、创造等，集中表达了作者终生关注的各种精神问题，在精神暗流上构成了一个特殊的有机整体，被誉为现代存在主义最重要的先驱作品之一。 《马尔特手记》系译者花费多年心血精心翻译而成，也是国内唯一的全译本。