Introduction to "Piccola Commedia"

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Poetry readings: Piccola Commedia

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Introduction to Piccola Commedia

Richard Wilbur Poet

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This one is called Piccola Commedia, Little Comedy, and it derives from my period of hoboing around the country when I was an Amherst student.

Acclaimed US poet Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) published many books and was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He was less well known for creating a musical version of Voltaire's “Candide” with Bernstein and Hellman which is still produced throughout the world today.

Title: Introduction to "Piccola Commedia"

Listeners: David Sofield

David Sofield is the Samuel Williston Professor of English at Amherst College, where he has taught the reading and writing of poetry since 1965. He is the co-editor and a contributor to Under Criticism (1998) and the author of a book of poems, Light Disguise (2003).

Tags: Amherst

Duration: 19 seconds

Date story recorded: April 2005

Date story went live: 24 January 2008