Synopsis
Cy Grant's poems trace his life from his youth in British Guiana (now Guyana) through his time as a prisoner of war in Germany, through his awakening black consciousness (via the work of Langston Hughes and Aimé Césaire) to an evolving spiritual awareness that encompasses Taoism and the mysticism of Pythagoras. These are powerful poems from a life lived to the fullest.
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About the Author
Cy Grant, born in Guyana, came to Britain during WW2 to join the RAF. After being shot down over Holland, he spent 2 years as a POW in Germany. On returning to the UK he trained as a barrister but couldn't get work because of his race. He then went into show business where he became the first black face to appear regularly on British TV. Subsequently he set up a black arts workshop, Drum followed by Concord, a multicultural arts festival. He has also appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company and toured a performing version of Return to my Native Land by Aimé Césaire, an epic surrealist poem that explores and deconstructs post-colonial identity. This is Cy's 4th book. The first was Ring of Steel: Pan Sound and Symbol tracing the history of the Steel Pan, the second was his war memoires, A Member of the RAF of Indeterminate Race, followed by Blackness and the Dreaming Soul, Cy's account of his journey of self discovery leading to an analysis and critique that goes right to the heart of western culture and does not pull its punches. Read more about Cy Grant, his life and work at his website cygrant.com
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