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  1. May 23, 2018 · Peter Henry Abrahams was born on March 19, 1919, in Vrededorp, near Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of a black African father and a mixed French/African mother. This mulatto background made Abrahams “ coloured ” according to racial divisions in South Africa.

  2. The Right Side. Author: Spencer Quinn. Collection: Plus Two. In this riveting new novel, a deeply damaged female soldier home from the war in Afghanistan becomes obsessed with finding a missing girl, gains an unlikely ally in a stray dog, and encounters new perils beyond the combat zone.

  3. Jan 18, 2017 · Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (Peter Abrahams) was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg’s largest Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured' South African, an identity he describes as “the half-caste community that was a byproduct of the early contact between black and white.”. His father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was ...

  4. Dec 5, 2011 · Peter Abrahams (1919-2017) Twentieth century African novelist and journalist Peter Henry Abrahams was born in Vrededorp (near Johannesburg), South Africa, on March 19, 1919. Abrahams’ father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was the son of former Ethiopian landowners who had taken him across Europe before settling in South Africa.

  5. Peter Abrahams, Abrahams, Peter 1919– Author With the publication of his seminal novel Mine Boy in 1946, Peter Abrahams became the first author to bring the horrific… Nadine Gordimer, Nadine Gordimer BORN: 1923, Springs, South Africa NATIONALITY: South African GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction MAJOR WORKS: A Guest of Honour (1970) The Con…

  6. Jan 1, 2005 · Peter Abrahams is an American author of crime fiction for both adults and children. His book Lights Out (1994) was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. Reality Check won the best young adult Edgar Award in 2011. Down the Rabbit Hole, first in the Echo Falls series, won the best children's/young adult Agatha Award in 2005.

  7. www.imdb.com › name › nm8099026Pete Abrahams - IMDb

    Pete Abrahams (I) Pete Abrahams. Producer. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Pete Abrahams is known for Blood Money (2017), Santería and Backstabbing for Beginners (2018). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list.