OMNIGLOT READING: Forrest Gander & Raúl Zurita | Woodberry Poetry Room

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Channel: Harvard University · 2012 · Education

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Raúl Zurita, winner of the Chilean National Poetry Prize and one of the most prominent Latin American poets writing today, in conjunction with renowned translator Anna Deeny, read work from across the span of his career, including his most recent book in translation, Dreams of Kurosawa. Forrest Gander (author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Core Samples from the World) read from his own work as well as his award-winning translations.

During the reading, a tremor struck Cambridge, Mass., a fact that is referenced at the end of the reading.

Date: October 16, 2012, recorded at the Edison-Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

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