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The Voice of the Poet

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I know I look wild and odd when I'vejust been writing, but they'd look wild and odd too if they wrote my poetry
Dame Edith Sitwell , born 100 years ago, is remembered as much for her flamboyant eccentricity of manner and dress as for the technical virtuosity of her poetry.
Drawing on the poet's letters and on recordings in the BBC
Sound Archives, her biographer Victoria Glendinning revives the memory of this English gentlewoman who was showered with honour, praise, and bitter criticism in her day. Producer ANNE HOWELLS

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Dame Edith Sitwell
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Victoria Glendinning
Producer:
Anne Howells
Source: Radio Times

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