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Richard Poplak

Richard Poplak

South African journalist, author and film maker

Richard Poplak is a Jewish, Johannesburg-based South African author, journalist and film maker who focuses on corporate criminality, race and equity issues.

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He is the author of the 2011 graphic journalistic novel Kenk: A Graphic Portrait about notorious Toronto bike thief Igor Kent.[1] He is the co-director of Influence documentary about corruption in South Africa.

Early life and education

Poplak was born in Johannesburg.[2][3] He studied fine art and film making at Concordia University.[2] Poplak is Jewish.[4]

Career

Poplak is the author of the 2011 journalistic comic book Kenk: A Graphic Portrait.[5][6]

He is a senior contributor to the Daily Maverick.[2]

Selected publications

  • Richard Poplak and Diana Neille, (directors) Influence (film) documents corruption and disinformation campaigns in South Africa government and the role of Bell Pottinger in supporting them[7][8][9]
  • Richard Poplak and Kevin Bloom, Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa's Changing Fortunes, 2016 Portobello Books, ISBN 978-1-84627-374-2[10]
  • Richard Poplak, Ja No Man: Growing Up White in Apartheid Era South Africa, 2007, Penguin Canada ISBN 0-14-305044-3[11][12]
  • Richard Poplak, Kenk: A Graphic Portrait, 2010, Pop Sandbox, ISBN 978-0-9864884-0-5[13]

Awards

Poplak's book Ja No Man made the 2008 Alan Paton Non-Fiction prize long list[12] and the Now (newspaper) Top 10 books of 2007.[14]

References

  1. [1]
    Winterstein, Shannon. "KENK: A Graphic Portrait." Broken Pencil, no. 48, summer 2010, pp. 53+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A241279017/AONE?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=3032d36f. Accessed 19 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Richard Poplak". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    Lucas, Powers (2 July 2013). "Why Obama is making an African power-play against China". CBC.
  4. [4]
    Dyzenhaus, David. "The Politics of the Ordinary". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Kenk: A Graphic Portrait - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Bike thief Kenk subject of graphic novel". 4 May 2010.
  7. [7]
    Shoba, Sandisiwe (21 August 2020). "Encounters Film Festival: Bell Pottinger Exposed: Influence unpacks the evils of disinformation". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Richard Poplak, Diana Neille's "Agents of Influence" among Hot Docs Forum picks". Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  9. [9]
    Felperin, Leslie (3 February 2020). "'Influence': Film Review | Sundance 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  10. [10]
    Cummings, Ryan (2 June 2016). "Continental Shift: Question everything you think you know about Africa". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  11. [11]
    Mbao, Wamuwi. "Terror Terroir: Building Disruptive Possibilities in Ivan Vladislavić’s The Folly." Journal of Literary Studies 36.4 (2020): 9-26.
  12. [12]
    "Alan Paton Award Long list | Book awards | LibraryThing". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Igor Kenk gets book treatment". The Globe and Mail. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  14. [14]
    "Susan G. Cole's Top 10 Books". NOW Magazine. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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