CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
7518
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 17
Source Collection Description:
The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Fred Wah speech in Nanjing on August 23, 1996
Title Source:
Cassette and J-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Name:
Zhang, Zijing
Dates:
1921-2010
Name:
Huang, Fan
Dates:
1950-
Notes:
Not sure who he is on this tape. There are a group of Chinese people who talking on this tape
Name:
Zhou, Jun
Notes:
Not sure who he is on this tape. There are a group of Chinese people who talking on this tape
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:41:51
Size:
38.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:03
Size:
43.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1996-08-23
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
City Nanjing City, Jiangsu, China
Latitude:
32.097
Longitude:
118.779
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
This tape is both in English and Chinese.
Fred Wah is on a tour in China. He begins his speech tallking about the reason why and how Fred Wah and Tish poet became interested in Chinese contemporary poetry; he shares a bit about the particular Canadian poetry context, and what problems he has with reading British poetry.
Fred Wah also talks about new ways of writing, long poems, exchange between American language poets and Canadian language poet, and
Feminist poetry (French poets and their crucial role).
Fred, in addition, talks about [Avenger?] poets; He explains about language poet and performance poets. There is also a conversation and a question and answer period happening in Chinese.
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