1904-1973
' There is no way of summing up Neruda's poetry, except as the expression of a ravenous appetite for the world in all its manifestations.'
ALASTAIR REID introduces translations of Neruda's poems by W. S. MERWIN , NATHANIEL TARN and himself.
Some of the poems are read in Spanish by NERUDA himself and the translations are read by HUGH DICKSON.
Producer GEORGE MACBETH
(Robert Pring-Mill introduces poems by Ernesto Cardenal: Friday 16 August) followed by an interlude