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Diamond from the Ashes

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The poetry of CYPRIAN NORWID (1821-83) by JERZY PETERKIEWICZ who also translated the poems in collaboration with BURNS SINGER and CHRISTINE BROOKE-ROSE
Cyprian Norwid died 100 years ago at a home for destitute
Polish exiles in Paris. Ignored, misunderstood or ridiculed during his lifetime, he was rediscovered at the beginning of this century and is now recognised as one of the most original minds in Polish literature.
Bitter bread is Polishness. How eager they all are to die for liberty, as if the cemetery alone could be called free.
Readers GABRIEL WOOLF and BARBARA LEIGH-HUNT Polish reader
JERZY PETERKIEWICZ
Narrator BRETT USHER
Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerzy Peterkiewicz
Unknown:
Burns Singer
Unknown:
Christine Brooke-Rose
Readers:
Gabriel Woolf
Readers:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Narrator:
Jerzy Peterkiewicz
Narrator:
Brett Usher
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Source: Radio Times

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