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Christopher van Wyk
South African writer (1957–2014)
Christopher van Wyk (19 July 1957 – 3 October 2014) was a South African children’s book author, novelist and poet.
Van Wyk is famous for his poem "In Detention" on the suspicious deaths that befell South African political prisoners during Apartheid. He was also an editor at Ravan Press.
Chris van wyk biography
Life and work
Van Wyk was born in Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. When he was a little older, his family moved to Riverlea, a suburb outside of Johannesburg. He was educated at Riverlea High School in Riverlea, Johannesburg, where he lived until 2005.
His autobiographical novel Shirley, Goodness & Mercy details his childhood growing up in Riverlea.
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The follow-up novel, Eggs to Lay, Chickens to Hatch, continues this theme. Van Wyk worked as a clerk for the independent South African Committee for Higher Education (SACHED) as an educational writer of accessible literature for new readers.
He was also editor of Staffrider from 1981