BBC Radio 4: Journey to Armenia: Mandelstam - The Long Desired for Voyage‏

Journey to Armenia: Mandelstam - The Long Desired for Voyage

British writer Toby Litt scours the mountains, lakes and capital city of Armenia for traces of a great forebear, the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. Mandelstam visited Armenia in 1930, and during the eight months of his stay rediscovered his long-lost poetic voice and was inspired to write a prose masterpiece, Journey to Armenia.
This essay, which is a beautiful, almost Cubist, meditation on the country and its ancient culture, forms the basis of Toby's quest and his dialogue with the dead poet.

Broadcast on:
BBC Radio 4, 11:30am Thursday 23rd July 2009
Duration:
30 minutes
Available until:
12:02pm Thursday 30th July 2009
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