| LC control no. | n 85225706 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9369.3.N22 EGM |
| Personal name heading | Naidoo, Beverley |
| Variant(s) | ビヴァリー・ナイドゥー |
| Located | England |
| Birth date | 1943-05-21 |
| Place of birth | Johannesburg (South Africa) |
| Field of activity | Children's literature Picture books Short stories Teaching |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Teachers |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Her Journey to Jo'burg, c1985: CIP t.p. (Beverley Naidoo) Naidoo's WWW Home page, April 4, 2008: (Beverley Naidoo; born in South Africa and spent her childhood there; moved to England as an adult) Naidoo, Beverley. Children of stone city, 2022: title page (Beverley Naidoo) dust jacket (Beverley Naidoo joined the resistance to apartheid as a student in South Africa, leading to detention without trial and exile in England ; she wrote her first children's book, Journey to Jo'burg, in 1985, while working as a teacher ; she is also the author of The Other Side of Truth and its sequel, Web of Lies, and other books, including Out of Bounds, No Turning Back, and Burn my Heart ; she has a PhD and has received a number of honorary doctorates for her body of work ; visit her at www.beverleynaidoo.com) Wikipedia viewed Sept. 27, 2022 (Beverley Naidoo is a South African author of children's books who lives in the UK ; Her first three novels featured life in South Africa where she lived until her twenties ; She has also written a biography of the trade unionist Neil Aggett ; she was born on 21 May 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa ; she graduated from University of Witwatersrand in 1963 ; Her involvement with the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa led to her being imprisoned in solitary confinement for eight weeks at the age of 21 ; She left for England in 1965 and studied at the University of York with the help of a United Nations Bursary, training to become a teacher ; She taught both primary and secondary children in London for 18 years ; She obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Southampton in 1991 and worked as Adviser for Cultural Diversity and English in Dorset ; She has tutored Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and run workshops for young people and adults in Britain and abroad, including for the British Council ; her works include novels for children, picture books, short stories, a nonfiction children's book about racism, and a biography) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Naidoo> |
| Associated language | eng |
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