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Born	March 7, 1929 • Johannesburg • South Africa
Died	June 12, 2014 (aged 85)
Notable Works	“A Dance in the Sun” • “The Beginners” • “The Price of Diamonds” • “The Trap”

Alan Paton

South African writer

Nadine Gordimer

South African author

Es’kia Mphahlele

South African writer

William Plomer

South African writer

Alex La Guma

South African writer

Herman Charles Bosman

South African author

Richard Rive

South African author

Jack Cope

South African writer

Bessie Emery Head

South African novelist

Stuart Cloete

South African writer

J.M. Coetzee

South African author

Peter Abrahams

South African-born author

Jordan Kush Ngubane

South African writer

Uys Krige

South African dramatist

Olive Schreiner

South African writer

Sarah Gertrude Millin

South African writer

Bloke Modisane

South African author

Lewis Nkosi

South African author

Can Themba

South African writer

R. R. R. Dhlomo

African writer