Audio Recording Joseph Brodsky reading his poems

Title

• Joseph Brodsky reading his poems

Summary

• Mr. Brodsky reads six of his poems in their original Russian after each has first been read by Mr. Hecht in English.

Names

• Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996
• Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
• Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund

Created / Published

• 1984.

Contents

• York, in memoriam W.H. Auden / Alan Meyes, tr. -- Letters from the Ming Dynasty / Derek Walcott, tr. -- Near Alexandria, Virginia, for Carl Proffer / Joseph Brodsky, tr. -- Eclogue IV, Winter / Joseph Brodsky, tr. -- Lagoon / Anthony Hecht, tr. -- To a friend, in memoriam / Joseph Brodsky, tr.

Notes

• -  Readings in English and Russian.
• -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
• -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Introduction and English translations presented by Anthony Hecht.
• -  Recorded Apr. 16, 1984, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Medium

• 1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program information ([4] p.)

Call Number/Physical Location

• RWA 7301

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.91740657

Library of Congress Control Number

• 91740657

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/91740657

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