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Last broadcast on Thu, 25 Dec 2008, 06:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Martin Sixsmith explores the lives and works of artists and writers who fled the former Eastern Bloc. He revisits archive interviews with Josef Brodsky, Vladimir Nabokov and Isaiah Berlin, explores the writings of Pushkin and others, and talks to contemporary writers Josef Skvorecky, Antonin Liehm and Andrei Makine. He is joined by Maria Rubins, an expert on East European literature.
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Sat 12 Jan 200820:00
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Thu 25 Dec 200806:00
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