Rayne Kruger

Charles Rayne Kruger (29 January 1922 – 21 December 2002) was a South African author and property developer.

Rayne Kruger
Born
Charles Rayne Kruger

29 January 1922
Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died21 December 2002(2002-12-21) (aged 80)
NationalitySouth African
EducationUniversity of the Witwatersrand
OccupationAuthor and property developer
Spouse(s)Nan Munro
Prue Leith
ChildrenDanny Kruger

Charles Rayne Kruger was born on 29 January 1922 in Queenstown, in the Eastern Cape, the son of an unmarried 17-year-old daughter of a British Army officer.[1] As his father had disappeared, his mother married Victor Kruger, a Johannesburg estate agent.[1] He was educated at Jeppe High School and the University of the Witwatersrand.[1]

Kruger's first wife was the actress Nan Munro, a widow, 16 years older than him, with three children.[1] They later divorced, and he married the restaurateur, chef, and television presenter/broadcaster Prue Leith.[1] They had a son, the Conservative MP Danny Kruger, and adopted a Cambodian daughter, Li-Da.[1]

Publications
  • Tanker (Novel), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1952
  • The Spectacle (Crime story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1953
  • Young Villain With Wings (Crime story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1953
  • My Name Is Celia (Novel), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1954
  • The Even Keel (Crime story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1955
  • Ferguson (Crime Story), London: Longman's Green & Co, 1956
  • Goodbye Dolly Gray: The Story of the Boer War. (Non fiction), London: Cassell, 1959
  • The Devil's Discus (Non fiction), London: Cassell, 1964
  • All Under Heaven: A Complete History of China. (Non fiction), Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

References
  1. "Obituary: Rayne Kruger". The Daily Telegraph. 9 January 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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