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The Roses Dream, Knowing No Snows

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A programme on the Russian poet Afanasy Fet (1820-92),compiledby JAMES GREENE from the poems he translated in collaboration with CYNTHIA WESTWOOD.
Readers STEPHEN MOORE and LIANE AUXIN
Russian reader: BORIS ISAROV
Turgenev called him ' a nightingale
Leo Tolstoy referred to his ' amazing lyric audacity '; to Alexander Blok he was a ' great teacher'; according to Mandelstam, Fet spoke
' with the burning salt of incorruptible words '; to Pasternak he was ' a demigod '
Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS

Contributors

Unknown:
James Greene
Readers:
Cynthia Westwood.
Readers:
Stephen Moore
Reader:
Boris Isarov
Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Unknown:
Alexander Blok
Producer:
John Theocharis
Source: Radio Times

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