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Zoë Wicomb
South African author (1948-2025) · South Africa · On the map · Writers · Died at 76
Zoë Charlotte Wicomb was a South African author and academic who lived in the United Kingdom from the 1970s until her death.
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About this person
Her 1987 debut book, You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town - a collection of inter-related short stories, set during the Apartheid era and partly autobiographical - received wide praise, and in 2000 was described by Toni Morrison as "seductive, brilliant and precious".
Country
South Africa
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1948 to 2025 · aged 76
