Richard Rive
From QueerBio.com
Country
South Africa
Birth - Death
1931 - 1989
Occupation
Writer, Academic
Description
Novelist and short story writer notable for his anti-apartheid and anti-racist works. Never alluded to his homosexuality in his writing. Edited an anthology of African work in English. His collection 'African Songs' was published in 1963, and author of his books 'Emergency' (1964), 'Buckingham Palace District Six' (1986), and 'Emergency Continued' (1989). Head of the English Department at Hewat College. Murdered in his home.