Richard Rive

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Richard Rive

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.

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