My Son's Father by Dom Moraes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dom Moraes was an Indian poet writing in English. At the age of twenty, he won the prestigious Hawthornden Prize for his debut poetry collection, A Beginning in 1958. He was the first Indian as well as the youngest poet to win that prize.

He wrote My Son's Father, a memoir, just at the age of thirty. Stephen Spender, who had played a major role in grooming the poet, called this autobiography 'A Minor Classic' in the New York Times.
This book is the account of Moraes' troubled childhood and his beginnings as a poet in the literary World. It vividly portrays the English literary scene of 50s London. I found this memoir a lovely literary treat.

Published first by Secker and Warburg in 1968, this is now published by Speaking Tiger Publications. I got a review copy from the publishers and the review has appeared in Borderless Journal here:

https://borderlessjournal.com/2020/07...


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