Audio Recording Makoto Ōoka reading his poems in Japanese

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

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/poetryarch.91740971

Library of Congress Control Number

• 91740971

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/91740971

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