Bilingual reading of Vasko Popa, 'Give Me back My Rags'
http://www.access-space.org/antics/AudioArchive.html
This is a recording I made recently of the modernist Serbian poet Vasko
Popa's 'Give Me back My Rags' with a couple from Serbia and Croatia
using Charles Simic's translation. We experimented with various ways of
performing a bilingual reading that manages to convey the meaning in the
English but also sound texture of the original Serbian.
The recording was made during the Spoken Word Antics
(www.access-space.org/antics/) radio show on Sheffield Live (13 Feb
2007), and can be downloaded as an MP3 from the Antics sound archive.
The live reading was follwed by a discussion, also available to
download, which covers topics such as Popa's use of folklore, his
position in relation to socialist realism in Yugoslavia, and how he is
perceived today in Serbian and Croation cultures.
To listen, go to http://www.access-space.org/antics/AudioArchive.html and click
on the track you want to hear. Enter username 'antics' and password
'archive' when prompted.
Hope you enjoy it,
Robin
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Robin Vaughan-Williams
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