Peter Abrahams

Peter Abrahams
Photo of Abrahams by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
BornPeter Henry Abrahams Deras
(1919-03-03)3 March 1919
Vrededorp, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died18 January 2017(2017-01-18) (aged 97)
Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
OccupationNovelist, journalist, political commentator
NationalitySouth African and Jamaican
Notable worksMine Boy (1946)
Tell Freedom (1954)
A Wreath for Udomo (1956)

Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life. His death at the age of 97 is considered to have been murder.