Audio Recording Makoto Ōoka reading his poems in Japanese
Makoto Ooka reading his poems in Japanese
About this Item
Title
- Makoto Ōoka reading his poems in Japanese
Summary
- Presents thirteen of Mr. Ōoka's poems read first in English and then in Japanese.
Names
- Ōoka, Makoto, 1931-2017
- Meredith, William, 1919-2007
- Keene, Donald. nrt
- Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
- Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- 1979.
Contents
- For spring -- The colonel and I -- Morning of birth -- Portrait -- Song of the flame -- Sculptor and stone -- Winter -- A boy -- Invocation to the dead -- The slope of that hill -- You were next to me -- For a girl in springtime -- Because we flow.
Notes
- - In English and Japanese.
- - Title on program: An evening of Japanese poetry.
- - Introduced by William Meredith ; English translations read by Donald Keene.
- - English translations are by Thomas Fitzsimmons and Takako U. Lento.
- - Recorded May 16, 1979, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
- - Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- - Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Medium
- 1 sound tape reel (58 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in. + program information ([3] p.)
Call Number/Physical Location
- Tape 12820
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 91740971
Online Format
- audio