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Front Row: Raphael exhibition; The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist; poet Valzhyna Mort

Raphael exhibition; The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist; poet Valzhyna Mort

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Raphael exhibition; The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist; poet Valzhyna Mort

Co-curator of the new Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery, Dr Matthias Wivel.

The National Gallery's Raphael exhibition; critic Alex Clark on The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist; poet Valzhyna Mort on her collection Music for the Dead and Resurrected.

Dr Matthias Wivel, co-curator of the Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery, discusses the life and death of the Renaissance painter and how he shaped the history of western art. 

The shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction is announced today.  Literary critic Alex Clark talks about the six books in contention for the prize, and we’ll be hearing from each of the authors before the winner is announced on June 15th.  

Belarusian born poet Valzhyna Mort’s third collection, Music for the Dead and Resurrected, was ten years in the making and has only just been published in her home country. She joins Tom to discuss how she blends music and metaphor to confront state sponsored violence and censorship.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Sarah Johnson

Image: Raphael's The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Child Saint (‘The Terranuova Madonna’), about 1505 
Copyright: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie Photo: Jörg P. Anders

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