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Dom Moraes

Indian English-language writer and poet (–)

Not to be confused with Frank Moraes.

Dominic Francis Moraes (19 July – 2 June )[2] was an Indian writer and poet who published nearly 30 books in English. He is widely seen as a foundational figure in Indian English literature.

His poems are a meaningful and substantial contribution to Indian and World literature.[3][4]

Early life

Dom Moraes[5] was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Beryl and Frank Moraes, former editor of The Times of India and later The Indian Express.

He had a tormented relationship with his mother Beryl, who had been confined to a mental asylum since his childhood.[6] His aunt was the historian Teresa Albuquerque.[7] He attended the city's St. Mary's School, and then left for England to enroll at Jesus College, Oxford.[8]

Moraes spent eight years in Britain (in London and Oxford), New York City, Hong Kong, Delhi and Bombay.[9]

Career

David Archer published Moraes' first collection of poems, A Beginning, in When he was 19, still an undergraduate, he became the first Indian to win the Hawthornden Prize and was presented with £ and a silver medal by Lord David Cecil at the Arts Council of Britain on 10 July [10]

He edited magazines in London, Hong Kong and New York.

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    • He became the editor of The Asia Magazine in He scripted and partially directed over 20 television documentaries for the BBC and ITV. He was a war correspondent in Algeria, Israel and Vietnam. In he joined the United Nations.[11]

    Moraes conducted one of the first interviews of the Dalai Lama after the Tibetan spiritual leader fled to India in The Dalai Lama was then 23 and Moraes, [12]

    Later life and death

    In –62 he was one of the very few public Indian figures to strongly criticize the Indian Army takeover of Goa, land of his forefathers – Daman and Diu from Portuguese India.

    He tore up his Indian passport on TV in protest.[13] He was later allowed back in the country.[14]

    When the Gujarat riots erupted in , with their heavy toll of Muslim dead, Moraes left for Ahmedabad the minute the news came through, saying that since he was a Catholic, Muslims would not see him as an enemy.

    Even though he was physically in considerable pain by then, he was one of the first on the scene.[15]

    Moraes ended his writing career, writing books in collaboration with Sarayu Srivatsa.[16][17]

    He had a lifelong battle with alcoholism.

    Moraes suffered from cancer, but refused treatment and died from a heart attack in Bandra, Mumbai.

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    He was buried in the city's Sewri Cemetery.[18] Many of Dom's old friends and publishers attended the memorial service in Odcombe. A headstone in yellow Jaisalmer stone lies embedded in the front lawn of the Church of St Peter and St Paul to mark the service.[citation needed]

    Personal life

    In , aged 18, he was courted by Audrey Wendy Abbott who later changed her name to Henrietta.

    They married in He left her, according to his close friends in London, but did not divorce her.[citation needed] He had a son, Francis Moraes, with his second wife Judith, whom he divorced, and returned to India in In , he married the Indian actress Leela Naidu. They were treated as a star couple, and known across the world for over two decades.

    Their marriage ended in a separation.[19] For the last 13 years of his life he lived with Sarayu Srivatsa, with whom he co-authored two books.[1]

    Bibliography

    • Green is the Grass, a book of cricket essays[20]
    • A Beginning, his first book of poems (winner of the Hawthornden Prize in )
    • Poems, his second book of poems
    • Gone Away: An Indian Journey, memoir
    • John Nobody, his third book of poems
    • Beldam & Others, a pamphlet of verse
    • My Son's Father, autobiography
    • Absences, book of poems
    • Collected Poems: (Penguin)
    • Serendip (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award)
    • Out of God's Oven: Travels in a Fractured Land, co-authored with Sarayu Srivatsa[21]
    • Never at Home, memoir (Penguin)[22]
    • The Long Strider, co-authored with Sarayu Srivatsa
    • Heiress to Destiny, biography of Indira Gandhi
    • Selected Poems edited by Ranjit Hoskote (Penguin)[23]

    Selections in poetry anthologies

    Interviews

    See also

    References

    1. ^ abcBrownjohn, Alan (4 June ).

      "Obituary: Dom Moraes". The Guardian. London.

    2. ^"Encyclopaedia Britannica , Dom Moraes". .

      Dom morals autobiography examples pdf However, despite his impressive literary output in the late s and s (an autobiography, a collection of essays, an account of East Pakistan, a study of human population, commissioned volumes on Karnataka, Goa and Bombay, a book on Madhya Pradesh and a portrait of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, plus hundreds of reportages, feature articles.

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    3. ^"Everyone knows of Dom Moraes, but many more readers should know his poetry". . 19 July Retrieved 3 September
    4. ^"Dom Moraes". . Retrieved 3 September
    5. ^"Dom Moraes". . 4 June Retrieved 3 September
    6. ^"The Poet Who Remained a Boy - Dom Moraes Early Life".

      The Hindu. 13 July

    7. ^Noronha, Frederick (12 June ). "Teresa Albuquerque, Historian of Colonial Bombay and the Goan Diaspora, is No More". The Wire. Retrieved 13 June
    8. ^"Dom Moraes".

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      However, despite his impressive literary output in the late s and s (an autobiography, a collection of essays, an account of East Pakistan, a study of human population, commissioned volumes on Karnataka, Goa and Bombay, a book on Madhya Pradesh and a portrait of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, plus hundreds of reportages, feature articles.

      . Archived from the original on 2 May Retrieved 3 September

    9. ^Doherty, Francis (). "Poetic Parable: A Note on the Poetry of Dom Moraes". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review.

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    10. ^"Hawthornden prize". The Hindu. 12 July Retrieved 7 July
    11. ^"Dom Moraes". . 4 June Retrieved 3 September
    12. ^"A Requiem To Domsky". . Retrieved 3 September
    13. ^"SAHGAL'S PROTEST STEMS FROM HATRED FOR MODI".

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    14. ^Chattopadhyay, Sayan (January ). "Return as a Stranger Dom Moraes and the Ambiguity of Homecoming". Return of Stranger Dom Moraes. pp.&#;– doi/_ ISBN&#;. Retrieved 3 September
    15. ^Brownjohn, Alan (4 June ). "Brilliant young writer, whose star, lauded by bohemian London, dimmed in later life".

      The Guardian.

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    20. ^"The stranger who found belonging at last". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 September Retrieved 3 September
    21. ^Bhattacharjee, Sankarlal (). "Death and Departure: Meeting Dom Moraes". Indian Literature. 48 (4 ()). : 7– JSTOR&#;
    22. ^Singh, Khushwant (13 October ).

      "Requiem to Dom Moraes". The Tribune.

    23. ^"Leela Naidu personified grace and beauty".

      Autobiography examples for students The first in Dom Moraes’ trilogy of autobiographies, My Son’s Father is a coming of age account of growing up in Bombay and Oxbridge of the s, by a man who has been called the poet of his generation.

      The Times of India. 29 July

    24. ^James D. Coldham, "Book Reviews", The Cricketer, 31 May , p.
    25. ^"Sarayu Srivatsa on Dom Moraes and their Travelogue Out of God's Oven". . 18 September Retrieved 3 September
    26. ^"Never at Home: A breathless account of Dom Moraes' globe-trotting days".

      . 22 May Retrieved 16 July

    27. ^"Dom Moraes ( Selected Poems )". . Retrieved 3 September
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    29. ^Ash Rare Books
    30. ^"The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets". . Retrieved 23 August
    31. ^"Book review: 'Twelve Modern Indian Poets' by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra".

      . 3 January Retrieved 23 August

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