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Dom Moraes: The Double Exile

Episode 3 of 4

Born in India, educated at Oxford, Dom Moraes's work betrayed the melancholy of a man who never quite belonged either in India or England.

Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of lesser-known or forgotten poets.

Born in India, educated at Oxford, admirer of Auden and Spender and a youthful resident of low Soho dives, the life of the beautiful Dom Moraes was in itself poetical. Brian finds in Moraes' work the melancholy of a man who never quite belonged either in India or England.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 11 Apr 2009 23:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Apr 2009 16:30
  • Sat 11 Apr 2009 23:30