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Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has written about Auden, Dostoevsky and tragedy. At Hay Festival he talks to poet Simon Armitage about landscape in poetry.

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has written about Auden, Dostoevsky and tragedy. At Hay Festival he talks to poet Simon Armitage about the imprint of landscapes in Yorkshire, West Wales, and the Middle East, the use of dialect words and reinterpreting myths. Chaired by Rana Mitter.

Books by Rowan Williams include Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction and The Tragic Imagination. He is Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Books by Simon Armitage include The Unaccompanied, Flit, Selected Poems, Walking 成人快手, Travelling Songs, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 成人快手r's Odyssey. He is
now the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. You can find out more from his website https://www.simonarmitage.com/

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Producer: Fiona McLean

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44 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest Rowan Williams
Interviewed Guest Simon Armitage
Producer Fiona McLean

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 May 2018 22:00
  • Thu 28 May 2020 22:00

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