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Paperback The Votive Pen: Writings on Edwin Thumboo Book

ISBN: 9814882135

ISBN13: 9789814882132

The Votive Pen: Writings on Edwin Thumboo

A riveting look at the fiercely original, intellectually brilliant mind of Singapore's unofficial Poet-Laureate, Edwin Thumboo whose poetry is key to understanding the emotional hinterland of the city-state.Born of Tamil and Teochew parents, Edwin Thumboo embraced the Protestant faith late in his life. He has a self-confessed fetish for Yeats and Pound and yet completed his doctoral thesis on post-colonial African poetry. He taught himself the Ramayana...

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