K. Sello Duiker

Kabelo "Sello" Duiker, (April 13 1974 – January 19 2005), was a South African novelist. His debut novel, Thirteen Cents, won the 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first book written by an African writer. He also worked in advertising and as a screenwriter, at the time of his death he was working as an editor of drama for SABC1.

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April 13 - 1974 - January 19 - 2005 - South Africa - Novelist - 2001 - Commonwealth Writers Prize - Africa - Screenwriter - SABC1

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Duiker was born in Orlando, Soweto at the height of apartheid. Coming from a moderately wealthy family he was sent to a public school, where he was one of the very few black pupils. During his school-years the schools in South Africa were very much at the centre of the anti-apartheid movement. This personal experience of the social-struggles influenced Duiker greatly, his novels treated racial difference as largely immaterial, being basically cosmetic.

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Orlando, Soweto - Apartheid

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Duiker received a degree in journalism from Rhodes University, he also briefly studied at the University of Cape Town. He suffered a nervous breakdown in 2004 prior to committing suicide in January 2005, his death came a month after that of his contemporary Phaswane Mpe.

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Journalism - Rhodes University - University of Cape Town - Nervous breakdown - 2004 - 2005 - Phaswane Mpe

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