Chris Wyk van

Biography

Wyk van Chris was born in 1957 in Soweto. He studied at Riverlea High School in Riverlea, Johannesburg. A critically acclaimed writer, he is the author of books such as Maria (1966), It is Time To Go Home (1979), Petroleum and the Orphaned Ostrich (1988), Oliver Tambo (1994), My Cousin Thabo (1995), April in the Cape of Storms (1996), The Year of the Tapeworm (1996), In Detention (2007), and others. He was awarded the Olive Schreiner Prize for his poetry collection titled "It Is Time to Go Home"(1979). He was also awarded prizes such as the Maskew Miller Longman Award and the Sanlam Literary Award. He died in Johannesburg on 3 October 2014.

Birth Date

1957-01-01

Place of Birth

Death Date

2014-01-01

Place of Death

Johannesburg, South Africa

Country of Nationality

South Africa

Languages Spoken

English

Riverlea High School

Poetry Collections

Maria (1966), It is Time To Go Home (1979), Petroleum and the Orphaned Ostrich (1988), Oliver Tambo (1994), My Cousin Thabo (1995), April in the Cape of Storms (1996), The Year of the Tapeworm (1996), In Detention, published in "Knowledge4Africa.com" (2007).

Sources

Sisulu, Elinor. "Christopher van Wyk: farewell to a South African literary icon." The Guardian, 2014. Accessed 28 November 2022. "Wyk van Chris." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_van_Wyk. Accessed 28 November 2022. "Wyk van Chris." South African History Online, https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/chris-van-wyk. Accessed 28 November 2022.