Born in India Made in England
Autobiography of a Painter
$65.30
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
22 September 2021
Summary
Balraj Khanna witnessed as a child in the Punjab, the cataclysmic Partition of India in 1947, when Hindus and Muslims who had lived peacefully together for generations, succumbed to blood-soaked enmity. At school and university a love of English language and culture took him to London in the bitter winter of 1962, where Goanese painter, Francis Newton Souza, warned of the ‘pitiless prejudice, indifference and scorn’ he would meet.
In London Balraj’s career as a painter blossomed. He m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781916495746 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1916495745 |
| Author: | Balraj Khanna |
| Publisher: | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Unicorn Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 738g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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‘… Khanna’s work has a strong intellectual base. His carefully conceived shapes both natural and man-made…also populate his work as a novelist…’ Carol Jacoby, Tate Britain
About The Author
Balraj Khanna
Balraj Khanna is an author and painter. He is the author of many books, including Nation of Fools, winner of the Royal Society of Literature’s Winifred Holtby Prize for a first novel in 1984.
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