Christopher van Wyk

Christopher van Wyk was born on 19 July 1957 at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, and grew up in Riverlea, a coloured suburb of Johannesburg. He edited the magazine Staffrider from 1981 to 1986 and worked at the publisher Ravan Press, where he supported young writers. Later turning away from poetry, he moved to children's books, biographies and childhood memoirs, which found a wide readership. He died in Johannesburg on 3 October 2014, aged fifty-seven.

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• PoetryIt Is Time to Go HomeChristopher van Wyk · 1979Literature