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Novelist, born in Cape Town, South Africa. He became one of the best-known literary opponents of apartheid. He grew up in the community known as "Coloured', and from 1956 until 1966 (when he went into exile) was charged with treason, detained several times, placed under house arrest, and banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. His first novel, A Walk in the Night (1962), like his subsequent works, combined Realist depictions of the iniquities of apartheid with a Romantic faith in the heroism and humanity of his characters. Later works include The Stone Country (1967) and Time of the Butcherbird (1979).

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