1903-1988. South African writer. His novel
Cry, the Beloved Country 1948 focused on
racial inequality in South Africa. Later
books include the study Land and People of
South Africa 1956, The Long View 1968, and
his autobiography Towards the Mountain 1980.
Born in Pietermaritzburg, he became a
schoolmaster and in 1935 the principal of a
reformatory near Johannesburg, which he ran
along enlightened lines.