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In Defence of Surrealism

on Third Programme

In a recent broadcast A.G. Lehmann said he found it almost inconceivable that anything as vieux jeu as Surrealist ideas should continue to attract young writers and painters. In this programme three young writers and one sociologist, all living in Paris, take up the challenge.
Speakers: Nora Mitrani, Joyce Mansour, Octavio Paz, Robert Benayoun
Introduced by Jacques Brunius

(This is the fifth of six programmes to be repeated from the recent series Art-Anti-Art.)
(The Shape of My Mind, by Allen Ginsberg: September 7)

followed by an interlude at 8.35

Contributors

Presenter:
Jacques Brunius
Speaker:
Nora Mitrani
Speaker:
Joyce Mansour
Speaker:
Octavio Paz
Speaker:
Robert Benayoun

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