April 22, 2005 | Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College | New York City
At the end of a week much engaged with the subject of the writer’s struggle to assert humane values in a “Ruined World,” the first PEN World Voices appropriately concludes with a tribute to the great Polish Nobel laureate who passed away in 2004 at the age of 93. Friends, former colleagues, and fellow artists come together to celebrate a poet who spoke out many times against authoritarianism, yet was diffident in his claims for the authority of letters.
With Bei Dao, Robert Faggen, Durs Grünbein, Robert Hass, Edward Hirsch, Eva Hoffman, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Azar Nafisi, Tomas Venclova, and Adam Zagajewski; moderated by Lawrence Weschler.
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• Lawrence Weschler and Tomas Venclova read "Preparation" by Czeslaw Milosz (8:42)
• Adam Zagajewski reads from The Second Space by Czeslaw Milosz (8:45)
• Eva Hoffman reads "A Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto" by Czeslaw Milosz (8:24)
• Durs Grünbein reads "Preparation" and "Song on Porcelain" by Czeslaw Milosz (3:54)
• Robert Hass reads poems by Czeslaw Milosz (4:56)
• Bei Dao Reads "Preparation" by Czeslaw Milosz and "Untitled" by Bei Dao (3:42)
• Breyten Breytenbach reads "Preparation" by Czeslaw Milosz (2:52)
• Robert Faggen reads "To Mrs. Professor in Defense of My Cat's Honor and Not Only" by Czeslaw Milosz (11:14)
• Edward Hirsch reads "Gift" by Czeslaw Milosz (7:18)
• Azar Nafisi reads "Preparation" by Czeslaw Milosz (12:06)
• Closing remarks from Lawrence Weschler and Salman Rushdie (5:02)
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