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K. Sello Duiker was born on 13 April, 1974 in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa, is a South African writer (1974–2005). Discover K. Sello Duiker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 31 years old?
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31 years old |
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Aries |
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13 April, 1974 |
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13 April |
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Orlando, Soweto, South Africa |
Date of death |
2005 |
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Northcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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South Africa
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K. Sello Duiker Height, Weight & Measurements
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K. Sello Duiker Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is K. Sello Duiker worth at the age of 31 years old? K. Sello Duiker’s income source is mostly from being a successful Novelist. He is from South Africa. We have estimated K. Sello Duiker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Kabelo Sello Duiker (13 April 1974 – 19 January 2005) was a South African novelist.
The novella is said to be inspired by The Famished Road (1991) by Ben Okri, whose protagonist is named Azaro.
Thirteen Cents was published in 2000 by David Philip Publishers.
The novella is written from the perspective of Azure, a black street child with blue eyes in Cape Town.
Azure experiences gangsterism, the sex trade and alienation due to his unusual appearance.
The novel is an example of magical realist style as it also possesses mythical, post apocalyptic content.
His debut novel, Thirteen Cents, won the 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region.
The Quiet Violence of Dreams was published in 2001 by Kwela Books.
The novel features the university student, Tshepo, who begins the novel in a mental hospital.
The novel tracks his experience as a sex worker at a gay massage parlour that serves mostly white clients.
He also worked in advertising and as a screenwriter.
Duiker, the eldest of three brothers, was born in Orlando West, Soweto, and raised in Soweto at the height of apartheid by middle-class university-educated parents.
Sent out of the township to attend a Catholic primary school from grade 5, he went first to La Salle College until grade 7 and in his early high school years he was sent on to Redhill School, an elite institution where he was one of the very few black pupils.
Duiker was schooled at the height of Apartheid, which influenced him greatly.
He spent two years in England as a sixth-form student at Huntington School, York, before returning to South Africa to attend university, where he studied copy-writing.
He worked for an advertising company, before scriptwriting for the soapie Backstage.
Duiker received a degree in journalism from Rhodes University, and also briefly studied at the University of Cape Town.
Duiker used drugs such as LSD, marijuana and others.
After his expulsion from college, he was institutionalized at a psychiatric hospital.
After release, he wrote his debut novel, Thirteen Cents, in two months.
He suffered a nervous breakdown in 2004, prior to committing suicide by hanging himself in Northcliff, Johannesburg, in January 2005.
It is speculated that he had bipolar disorder or borderline schizophrenia.
Duiker was working as a commissioning editor at the SABC at the time of his death.
He had gone off his medication as he believed that it was suppressing his creativity.
A month before his death Duiker read the eulogy at the funeral of fellow young novelist Phaswane Mpe, who had died of a mysterious illness shortly after entering initiation to become a traditional healer.
The Hidden Star was published posthumously in 2006 by Random House Struik.
The novel was the author's last and is a magical realist tale featuring the young protagonist, Nolitye, who discovers a magical stone in her township.