30 years of Poetry International

Poetry International 2017 poster (©poetryinternational.org)

Radio Netherlands recorded the programming of Rotterdam’s Poetry International Festival from its inception in 1970. A wide variety of international poets are heard reading their own work, including Nobel Prize winners like Joseph Brodsky, Wole Soyinka and Seamus Heaney.

Producer: David Swatling

Broadcast:  June 1, 2000