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Poetry Extra: South of My Days

18/09/2016

South of My Days

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, South of My Days

Daljit Nagra introduces South of My Days, featuring Australian poet Judith Wright.

4 Extra Debut. Poet in Residence Daljit Nagra introduces South of My Days, featuring Australian poet Judith Wright. From June 2009.

BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with South of My Days. 

Greta Scacchi presents a portrait of the Australian poet Judith Wright, who died in 2000, after breaking new ground in celebrating the arresting beauty of the Australian landscape - and lamenting the troubled relationship between Australia's colonial settlers and its indigenous people. 

Wright's daughter, friends and colleagues discuss her life and work. Kerry Fox is the reader. 
Producers:  Charlotte Austin and Diana Bentley.
A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2009.

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