Dominic Francis Moraes (July 19, 1938 - June 2, 2004), popularly known as Dom Moraes was an Indian writer, poet and columnist. He published nearly 30 books.
Dom Moraes was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Frank Moraes, former editor of Indian Express. He spent eight years in London, and most of his life in Mumbai.
He edited magazines in London, Hong Kong and New York. He became the editor of The Asia Magazine in 1971. 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 1976 he joined the United Nations.
Moraes conducted one of the first interviews of the Dalai Lama after the Tibetan spiritual leader fled to India in 1959. The Dalai Lama was then 23 and Moraes was 20.
Dom Moraes was suffering from cancer but refused to take treatment. He died of heart-attack in Bandra, Mumbai.
Bibliography
A Beginning (1958), his first book of poems
Poems (1960), his second book of poems
John Nobody (1965), his third book of poems
Beldam & Others (1967), a pamphlet of verse
Absences (1983), book of poems
Collected Poems (1987)
Out of God's Oven: Travels in a Fractured Land (1992), co-author Sarayu Srivatsa
The Long Strider (2003), co-author Sarayu Srivatsa
DomMoraes, an author and poet who became one of India's leading literary figures, publishing nearly 30 books, died Wednesday after a heart attack, news reports said.
Moraes, who was also a columnist and journalist, died in his sleep at his apartment in his hometown of Bombay, Press Trust of India reported.
His father, Frank Moraes, was also a famous figure in India – an editor and author who took his son on his extensive travels through Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
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