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The Echo Chamber: Translations

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.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ'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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2013.

30 minutes

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Mon 28 Aug 2017 05:00
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  • Mon 28 Aug 2017 05:00
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