Original sentence: A Mouthful of Glass by Henk van Woerden (ISBN 1-86207-442-9).After he had been certified as insane he was incarcerated at Weskoppies, a psychiatric hospital.He remained there for nearly thirty years and died at the age of 81.He was a baptised member of the Two by Two sect, and associated with its members in South Africa.It was written by acclaimed Shakespearean actor Anthony Sher, who had lived in Capetown at the time of the incident.Shortly before the assassination, Tsafendas applied for reclassification as coloured.Tsafendas who was born in Maputo of a Greek father and a Mozambican mother, grew up in Maputo before leaving the colony as a merchant marine
Edited sentence: A Mouthful of Glass.At the age of ten, he moved to Transvaal, returning to Mozambique four years later.By this time, symptoms of schizophrenia had already begun to be manifested.During the 1930's, Tsafendas joined the Communist Party.Following the assasination, he was disowned by the church.He became a seaman in the merchant marine in 1941.He had become a baptised member of the Two by Two sect while visiting Greece, and associated with its members after returning to South Africa on a temporary visa.He was hospitalized several times in various countries due to outbreaks of irrational behavior.He was later transfered to Weskoppies, a psychiatric hospital, and eventually to Sterkfontein, where he died at the age of 81.He was raised by his grandmother.His funeral was held according to Greek Orthodox rites, and he was buried in an unmarked grave outside Sterkfontein hospital.ISBN 978-1-8620-7383-8.In 1986, he was transfered to Zonderwater Prison near Cullinan.It was written by the noted Shakespearean actor Anthony Sher, who had lived in Capetown at the time of the incident.London: Granta Books.Tsafendas was born in Maputo to Michaelis Tsafendas, a Greek seaman, and Amelia Williams, a Mozambican of mixed race.van Woerden, Henk (translated by Dan Jacobson)