Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Nakasa, Nathaniel
Parallel form(s) of name
- Nat Nakasa
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
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Description area
Dates of existence
12 May 1937 - 14 July 1965
History
Nathaniel Nakasa was a Johannesburg journalist, writer and the first editor of "The Classic" magazine of creative writing and art. He departed for the USA in 1963 on an exit permit, having been awarded the Nieman Fellowship to study at Harvard. Disillusioned, he committed suicide on the 14 July 1965, by jumping from the 7th floor of a friend's apartment in New York. His remains were repatriated to South Africa in August 2014, and he was buried in Heroes Acre Cenetry in Chesterville, Durban.