Revolutionary poets from El Salvador / produced by Andrew Leslie Phillips.

Program Title:
Revolutionary poets from El Salvador / produced by Andrew Leslie Phillips.
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0650.03
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Three part series which draws from poetry and writing in the context of social turmoil in three Central American countries. It points to the purpose of literature in the midst of death squads, torture, hunger and crushing poverty.|REVOLUTIONARY POETS FROM EL SALVADOR / produced by Andrew Leslie Phillips. - SERIES: War, peace and poetry in Central America| no. 3 Three part series which draws from poetry and writing in the context of social turmoil in three Central American countries. It points to the purpose of literature in the midst of death squads, torture, hunger and crushing poverty. - CONTENT: Features the works of two Salvadorians. The first, Claribel Alegria, watches from her bedroom as peasants were taken by the National Guard. She writes about her travels and exile from her home. The second poet, Roque Dalton, left a legacy of writing at a university where he studies before his murder by a faction of the El Salvadorian left. - RECORDED: 1990.

Features the works of two Salvadorians. The first, Claribel Alegria, watches from her bedroom as peasants were taken by the National Guard. She writes about her travels and exile from her home. The second poet, Roque Dalton, left a legacy of writing at a university where he studies before his murder by a faction of the El Salvadorian left.

Date Recorded on: 
1990.
Date Broadcast on: 
-0-
Item duration: 
1 reel (59 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., stereo.|59:00
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Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1990.
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