About
Hugh Lewin is the author of Stones against the Mirror, which was awarded the Sunday Times Alan Paton award in 2012. He worked for the Natal Witness, Drum and Golden City Post. After serving the full term of his seven-year sentence, he left South Africa on a ‘permanent departure permit’ in December 1971. Ten years in
exile in London were followed by ten years in Zimbabwe. Following his return to South Africa he became director of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism in Johannesburg.