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Dominic Francis Moraes (19 July 1938 – 2 June 2004) [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.
His father was one of the most prominent and respected journalists of post-independence India, the editor of major newspapers such as The Times of Indi a and the Indian Express, and the author of important books on South Asian current events, including two biographies of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Jul 15, 2024 · Dom Moraes (born July 19, 1938, Bombay, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]—died June 2, 2004, Mumbai) was an editor, essayist, biographer, and inveterate traveler who was one of the best-known English-language poets of India.
Feb 21, 2019 · BOOK EXCERPT. Remembering Dom Moraes: ‘A stranger wherever he was, and perhaps even to himself’. Sarayu Srivatsa remembers the iconic author and poet in the introduction to a new collection of...
Jun 14, 2004 · Fans of India's poet laureate Dom Moraes's (1938-2004) grieves on his demise. He was the quintessential nonconformist, an author in constant search of answers to questions no one dared ask, a poet hidden inside a social activist, a man incomplete without female company.
Jul 13, 2013 · The greatest asset of Dom Moraes, whose 75th birth anniversary falls on July 19, was his closeness to women and beauty, says Geeta Doctor.
Dominic Moraes (1938–2004) was an Indian writer and poet who published almost thirty books. He is seen as a foundational figure in Indian English literature. Moraes’ first collection of poems, A Beginning, was published in 1957.
Two collections of Dom Moraes’ writing, Under Something of a Cloud and Where Some Things Are Remembered, explore landscapes and people and reintroduce the reader to his...
Jun 3, 2004 · Dom Moraes, one of India's leading literary figures, died at his home in the western Indian city of Bombay (also known as Mumbai) on Wednesday night. The soft-spoken...
Jul 7, 2011 · Throughout his life the celebrated Indian English poet Dom Moraes had suffered the dilemma of being doubly exiled. His Eurasian origin had exiled him both from his motherland India as well as from an England which he vainly tried to make his home.
