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Adam Small

South African writer (1936–2016)

  • Fame41.1
  • Momentum4.4
  • Wikipedia202
Lived 1936–2016, aged 80South Africa
South AfricaSouth AfricaWritersWriter / Author
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    7 languages
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  • Era
    1936–2016
    Aged 80
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Updated 2026-07-18

Adam Small was a South African writer who was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement and other activism. He was noted as a Coloured writer who wrote works in Afrikaans that dealt with racial discrimination and satirized the political situation. Some collections include English poems, and he translated the Afrikaans poet N P van Wyk Louw into English.

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Source confidence40.0
Completeness55.0
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