Lionel Abrahams

Lionel Abrahams was born in Johannesburg on 11 April 1928, affected by a form of cerebral palsy that kept him in a wheelchair until the age of eleven. Herman Charles Bosman gave him writing lessons; he later edited Bosman's posthumous works. A former student of the Witwatersrand, he founded the magazine The Purple Renoster in the 1950s, published Oswald Mtshali and Mongane Wally Serote, co-founded publishing houses and for years ran writing workshops. Awarded honorary doctorates by the universities of the Witwatersrand and Natal in 1986, he died in Johannesburg on 31 May 2004.

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• NovelThe Celibacy of Felix GreenspanLionel Abrahams · 1977Literature