Sonnets to Orpheus

• Prize
  Honorable Mention in Other books / Books
• Lead
  Anna Jordan
• Client
  Open Letter Books

Book cover. Rainer Maria Rilke’s fifty-five Sonnets to Orpheus were written over a few days in an astonishing burst of inspiration. Described by Rilke himself as “a spontaneous inner dictation,” the sequence is among the most famous works of modernist literature, and Christiane Marks’s fresh new translations succeed in evoking Rilke’s music. This translation opens a new window on these poems, for old and new Rilke lovers alike. The textured, rhythmic typography references language, music, windows, and poetic structure. The texture was created by overprinting hard copy laserprints.

Anna Jordan designs book covers and other graphic objects from her studio in Rochester, New York, USA. Her award-winning artwork explores the intersection of typography and materials.