What is Peter Abrahams?
[[File:Peter Abrahams.jpg|thumb|Abrahams in 1955]] '''Peter Henry Abrahams Deras''' (3 March 1919 &ndash; 18 January 2017), better known as '''Peter Abrahams''', was a [[South Africa]]n-born [[Jamaica]]n novelist, journalist and political commentator. He was best known for his novels ''Mine Boy'' (1946), ''A Wreath for Udomo'' (1956), ''A Night of Their Own'' (1965), ''This Island Now'' (1966) and ''The View from Coyaba'' (1985). He also wrote the [[memoir]], ''Tell Freedom'' (1954). Abrahams was born in [[Vrededorp]], [[Johannesburg]]. His father was from [[Ethiopia]] and his mother was [[Coloured|mixed race]]. He moved to Jamaica in 1956. Abrahams was found dead on 18 January 2017 in [[Rock Hall, Jamaica|Rock Hall]], [[Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica|Saint Andrew Parish]]. He was 97.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170118/long-time-journalist-peter-abrahams-dies-97|title=Long-Time Journalist Peter Abrahams Dies At 97|work=The Gleaner|date=18 January 2017|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrahams, Peter}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Johannesburg]] [[Category:Jamaican writers]] [[Category:South African writers]] {{Bio-stub}}