Cecil Rajendra
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Cecil Rajendra is a Malaysian poet and lawyer, born on Penang. [1]
He is mostly know for his controversial poems adressing human rights and environmental problems. In his lawyering work he seeks to help the poorer people in need of legal aid. He is a co-founder of Penang Legal Aid Centre (PLAC).[2]
In 1993 he had his passport taken from him by the Malaysian government, to prevent him from traveling. It was stated from a Malaysian High Commission spokesman that: 'Mr Rajendra's passport was retained for his anti-logging activities, which it was felt could damage the country's image overseas'.[3]
In 2005 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, although it went to Harold Pinter.[4]
Bibliography
Poetry: (not all included)
- Embryo (1965)
- Bones and Feathers (1978)
- Refugees & Other Despairs (1980)
- Hour of Assassins (1983)
- Songs for the Unsung... Poems on Unpoetic Issues like War and Want, and Refugees (1983)
- Child of the Sun (1986)
- Dove on Fire: Poems on Peace, Justice and Ecology (1986)
- Lovers, Lunatics & Lalang (1989)
- Broken Buds (1994)
- Personal & Profane (2015)
Other:
- No Bed of Roses: The Rose Chan Story (2013)
References
- ^ "Keith Addison: Cecil Rajendra". journeytoforever.org.
- ^ "The Penang Legal Advisory Centre: Where the poor can seek justice". penangmonthly.com.
- ^ "Malaysia denies passport to 'anti-logging' poet: Cecil Rajendra puts verse to work in his radical criticism of environmental destruction, writes Raymond Whitaker". The Independent.
- ^ "Poetic Reason, acidic rhyme". thesundaily.my.
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