AKA Robert Knox Cope

Born: 3-Jun-1913
Birthplace: Mooi River, Natal, South Africa
Died: Mar-1991
Location of death: Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: South Africa
Executive summary: The Fair House

Father: (farmer)
Wife: Lesley de Villiers (m. 1942, div. 1956, two children)

    High School: Durban High School, Durban, South Africa

Author of books:
The Fair House (1955, novel)
The Golden Oriole (1958, novel)
The Road to Ysterberg (1959, novel)
The Tame Ox (1960, short stories)
Albino (1964, novel)
The Man Who Doubted and Other Stories (1967, short stories)
The Dawn Comes Twice (1969, novel)
The Rain-Maker (1971, novel)
The Student of Zend (1972, novel)
The Africa We Knew (1973)
Alley Cat and Other Stories (1973, short stories)
Lacking a Label (1974)
My Son Max (1977, novel)
The Adversary Within: Dissident Writers in Afrikaans (1982)

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