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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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