Buried in Burma, Clive Branson’s antifascist legacy is found in his letters and a symphony. Arakan (Rakhine State) where he died has continued to be a killing ground.
Having survived a Spanish prison and borne witness to the Bengal Famine, Communist painter/poet Clive Branson becomes a World War II tank commander. A harrowing battle in Burma looms ahead.
A new essay in three parts by Edith Mirante, author of Burmese Looking Glass, about Clive Branson, a British Communist poet/painter who fought in the Spanish Civil War and was killed in Burma during the Second World War. Part 1 includes anti-colonial India and a love story.