num_pages: 338
description: In April 1898 Rainer Maria Rilke, not yet twenty-three, began a diary of his Florence visit. It was to record, in the form of an imaginary dialogue with his mentor and then-lover, Lou Andreas-Salome, his firsthand experiences of early Renaissance art. The project quickly expanded to include not only thoughts on life, history, and artistic genius, but also unguarded moments of revulsion, self-doubt, and manic expectation. The result is an intimate glimpse into the young Rilke, already experimenting brilliantly with language and metaphor. "For the lover of Rilke, this superb translation of the poet's early diaries will be a watershed. Through Edward Snow's and Michael Winkler's brilliantly supple and faithful translation . . . a new and more balanced picture of Rilke will emerge."—Ralph Freedman
language: English
title: Diaries of a Young Poet
titlecomplete: Diaries of a Young Poet (Tagebücher aus der Frühzeit)
genres: Biography, Classics, Diary, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Literature, Poetry, Memoir
ratings_count: 180
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Edward Snow & Michael Winkler
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company