David Divine
David Divine | |
|---|---|
| Born | Arthur Durham Divine 27 July 1904 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Died | 1987 (aged 82–83) Hampstead, London, England |
| Other names | David Rame |
| Education | Rondebosch Boys' High School; Kingswood College, Grahamstown |
| Occupations | Author and journalist |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Ann MacAlister
(m. 1931) |
Arthur Durham (David) Divine, CBE, DSM, (27 July 1904 –1987) was a prolific South African writer of books on a variety of subjects but will be chiefly remembered for two controversial books on defence issues, The Blunted Sword (1964) and The Broken Wing (1966). Divine had been a war correspondent and after the Second World War became the defence correspondent of the British Sunday Times, a post he held until 1975.