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South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)

Also known as: Peter Henry Abrahams Deras, Питер Генри Абрахамс, بيتر أبراهامز, 피터 에이브러햄스, ピーター・エイブラハムズ, 彼得·阿伯拉罕姆斯

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