Salleh Ben Joned - Truth, Beauty, Amok and Belonging

Anna Salleh

SALLEH BEN JONED. Poet. Critic. Dramatist. And legend in his own lifetime. Salleh had a strong sense of the absurd as he playfully challenged taboos on race, religion, language and identity - with brutal honesty. In both English and Malay, he celebrated the mystical, the sensual, the beauty - the terror - of life itself. From Hobart to Kuala Lumpur he pushed beyond conformist boundaries and paid the price. This book shines a spotlight, for the first time, via his poems, prose and relationships, on the world view of Salleh Ben Joned.