A critical selection by Jean Fanchette winner of the Prix Feneon for poetry, and editor of Two Cities The poets discussed are
Yves Bonnefoy , Andr6 du Bouchet, Jacques Dupin. Philippe Jaccottet ,
Edouard Glissant , and Pierre Oster Poems read in French by Yves Bonnefoy , Jean Fanchette. and AndrS du Bouchet
Translations by Oliver Bernard and Edward Lucie-Smith read by Bruce Stewart and Gary Watson
M. Fanchette believes that a poetic rebirth is in progress in France for the first time since the war and that Yves Bonnefoy is its finest product. Arranged by Owen Leeming
Recorded in the BBC Paris studios