Derek Walcott - BBC Radio Interviews
- Synopsis
- Extracts from a radio interview with the West Indian poet and playwright Derek Walcott.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, Derek Walcott applies an inventive use of language in his plays and poems about the West Indian cultural experience. Originally broadcast in the Radio 3 THIRD EAR series on 2/10/1990, Derek Walcott talks to Christopher Bigsby about the divisions within him, of culture, of language and reality 2 min 41; rhyme and metre as a form of prayer 2 min 2; history not being progress, more like the sea 1 min 27; his love of St Lucia, and The Order of the Humming Bird award 1 min 14 - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2003
- Year of production
- 1990
- Availability
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/
Online - Notes
- Available free online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/walcottd1.shtml. Requires Realplayer.
- Subjects
- English language and literature
- Keywords
- poetry; radio interviews; Walcott, Derek; literature - West Indian; writers - West Indian
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/walcottd1.shtml
- Delivery
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
BBC Radio 3
Distributor
- Name
BBC Four Audio Interviews
- Web
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/ External site opens in new window
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