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 While teaching he also studied for a B.A. in English, completing it in 1962 and followed this with a Masters from Columbia University (1966) and a Doctorate from Oxford (1974). In 1988 he became the head of the English department at [[Hewat College of Education]]. He was at various times a visiting professor at several overseas universities, including Harvard.
-As author he wrote a number of short stories, edited anthologies for the ''Heinemann African Writers'' Series and wrote three novels, including ''Emergency'' (1964) and ''[['Buckingham Palace', District Six]]'' (1986). He also wrote three plays.
+As author he wrote a number of short stories (including ''"The Visits"'' for which he was awarded Writer of the Year in 1970), edited anthologies for the ''Heinemann African Writers'' Series and wrote three novels, including ''Emergency'' (1964) and ''[['Buckingham Palace', District Six]]'' (1986). He also wrote three plays.
 Sadly, he was murdered at his home in Cape Town in 1989.

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 While best known for his short stories and novels, he also had an impact writing for theatre and radio.
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 ''[[Resurrection]]'' (1966)

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 == His contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance ==
-While best known for his short stories and novels, he also had an impact in theatre.  He adapted his short story ''[[Resurrection]]'' into an one-act play (first performed 1966), and won the ''BBC African Theatre Competition'' of 1972 with another one-act play, ''[[Make Like Slaves]]''.
+While best known for his short stories and novels, he also had an impact writing for theatre and radio.
-He later adapted ''[['Buckingham Palace', District Six]]'' into a play, originally performed by students at [[Hewat College]] in 1988, then professionally by the [[Baxter Theatre]] in 1989.
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 ==Biography==
-Born Richard Moore Rive in District Six, Cape Town in 1930, where he was raised by his mother, Nancy Rive, and was schooled at St. Mark’s Primary School and Trafalgar High School. After completing High School in 1947, Rive worked for a short time as a clerk in a local business and in 1950 registered at [[Hewat College of Education]] to train as an English teacher. He taught  at Vasco High School for a short while, then at South Peninsula High School, where he worked for almost two decades, ultimately as head of the English Department and an athletics coach and administrator.
+Born Richard Moore Rive in District Six, Cape Town in 1931, where he was raised by his mother, Nancy Rive, and was schooled at St. Mark’s Primary School and Trafalgar High School. After completing High School in 1947, Rive worked for a short time as a clerk in a local business and in 1950 registered at [[Hewat College of Education]] to train as an English teacher. He taught  at Vasco High School for a short while, then at South Peninsula High School, where he worked for almost two decades, ultimately as head of the English Department and an athletics coach and administrator.
 While teaching he also studied for a B.A. in English, completing it in 1962 and followed this with a Masters from Columbia University (1966) and a Doctorate from Oxford (1974). In 1988 he became the head of the English department at [[Hewat College of Education]]. He was at various times a visiting professor at several overseas universities, including Harvard.

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	[[Shaun Viljoen]]. 2013. ''Richard Rive: A Partial Biography'' (Wits University Press).		[[Shaun Viljoen]]. 2013. ''Richard Rive: A Partial Biography'' (Wits University Press).

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	[[Shaun Viljoen]]. 2013. ''Richard Rive: A Partial Biography'' (Wits University Press).		[[Shaun Viljoen]]. 2013. ''Richard Rive: A Partial Biography'' (Wits University Press).

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	[[Shaun Viljoen]]. 2013. ''Richard Rive: A Partial Biography'' (Wits University Press).		[[Shaun Viljoen]]. 2013. ''Richard Rive: A Partial Biography'' (Wits University Press).

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 ==Biography==
-Born Richard Moore Rive in District Six, Cape Town in 1930, where he was raised by his mother, Nancy Rive, and was schooled at St. Mark’s Primary School and Trafalgar High School. Then attended the universities of Cape Town ([[UCT]]), Columbia and Oxford, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Cape Town]], followed by a Masters from Columbia University and a Doctorate from Oxford.
+Born Richard Moore Rive in District Six, Cape Town in 1930, where he was raised by his mother, Nancy Rive, and was schooled at St. Mark’s Primary School and Trafalgar High School. After completing High School in 1947, Rive worked for a short time as a clerk in a local business and in 1950 registered at [[Hewat College of Education]] to train as an English teacher. He taught  at Vasco High School for a short while, then at South Peninsula High School, where he worked for almost two decades, ultimately as head of the English Department and an athletics coach and administrator.
-A sportsman, non-racialist and  political activist, he was head of the English department at [[Hewat College of Education]] in Cape Town and a visiting professor at several overseas universities, including Harvard.
+While teaching he also studied for a B.A. in English, completing it in 1962 and followed this with a Masters from Columbia University and a Doctorate from Oxford.
 As author he edited anthologies for the ''Heinemann African Writers'' Series and wrote three novels, including ''Emergency'' (1964) and ''[['Buckingham Palace', District Six]]'' (1986).