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Weekly opportunity for listeners to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: The Echo Chamber: Translations

27/08/2017

The Echo Chamber: Translations

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, The Echo Chamber: Translations

Can a poem be transplanted from one language to another?

4 Extra Debut. Can a poem be transplanted from one language to another? Can a man be a woman? A fox a thought? Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra chooses new poetry from March 2013.

BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'The Echo Chamber': Translations 
Adventures in strong language from the best of contemporary poetry. Paul Farley with translations of all sorts and hoping to topple the Tower of Babel. Can you transplant a poem from one language to another? Can a man be a woman? A fox a thought? 

Featuring poems by Robin Robertson, Leontia Flynn, and Jamie McKendrick and poems journeying into English from Ancient Greece, Rome, Italy, Spanish and German. 

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

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