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Pablo Neruda

on BBC Radio 3

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

Contributors

Introduces:
Alastair Reid
Unknown:
W. S. Merwin
Unknown:
Nathaniel Tarn
Read By:
Hugh Dickson.
Producer:
George MacBeth
Introduces:
Robert Pring-Mill

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