Peter Abrahams | |
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Born | Peter Henry Abrahams Deras 3 March 1919 Vrededorp, Transvaal, Union of South Africa |
Died | 18 January 2017 Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica | (aged 97)
Occupation | Novelist, journalist, political commentator |
Nationality | South African and Jamaican |
Notable works | Mine Boy (1946) Tell Freedom (1954) A Wreath for Udomo (1956) |
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life.[1] His death at the age of 97 is considered to have been murder.[2]