John Blight interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 22898
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Blight, John, 1913-1995, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Open access for research and personal copies; permission of literary executor for public use of interviewee's readings of own works.
- Description:
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- 1978 Feb. 27
- 2 sound tape reels (ca. 101 min.)
- Series:
- Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 1074-1075
- Summary:
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Blight speaks of his beginnings as a poet ; his interest in the sonnet form ; he describes his style of poetry and talks about his selected poems published in 1976 ; he speaks of the isolation of the writer ; Blight recalls his childhood and studies, jobs held, poets he admires. Blight reads "A slow drink at the plazza" and "Bee sting".
- Notes:
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Related Material:
- Portrait of John Blight taken during an oral history interview, 27 February 1978; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC P1544/41B Album 900a LOC Cold Store PIC DE BERG
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (35 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Poets
- Other authors/contributors:
- De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Hazel de Berg collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2048 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1978
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