Audio Recording The 2000 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry ceremony of award

Title

• The 2000 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry ceremony of award

Names

• Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002
• Strand, Mark, 1934-2014
• Bidart, Frank, 1939-
• Pinsky, Robert
• Ferry, David, 1924-
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)
• Gene Berry and Jeffrey Campbell Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• 2000.

Contents

• Welcoming remarks / Prosser Gifford -- History of the prize / James H. Billington -- Words of greeting from the family of Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt / Philip C. Bobbitt -- Introductions of former prize winners / Prosser Gifford -- Readings by former Bobbit prize winners / Frank Bidart, Kenneth Koch, Mark Strand -- Remarks by Robert Pinsky -- Introduction of the 2000 winner / James Billington -- David Ferry reads selections from Of no country I know.

Notes

• -  The book chosen by the jury for the 2000 Bobbitt Prize is Of no country I know: new and selected poems and translations, by David Ferry.
• -  Recorded: Library of Congress Montpelier Room, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2000.
• -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
• -  Playback copy. Washington, DC. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 2000. 1 sound cassette : digital ; 2 1/2 x 3 in.
• -  Berry-Campell copy: Signed by Mark Strand, by David Ferry, and with two inscriptions: "For Gene Berry Frank Bidart Dec. 18, 2000" and "To Gene in Washington Kenneth Koch 12/2000."
• -  LAC knj 2022-12-16 update (1 card)
• -  LAC knj 2023-01-07 update (1 card)

Medium

• 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + 1 program booklet ([24] p.)

Call Number/Physical Location

• RGA 7882 (playback copy)
• RWD 3153 (preservation master)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2001658620

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2001658620

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