Richard Poplak

Richard Poplak
Poplak (right) at the 2009 Pop Conference, Seattle
Born	Johannesburg, South Africa
Alma mater	Concordia University
Occupations	Journalist director author
Notable work	Kenk: A Graphic Portrait Influence
Website	richardpoplak.com

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

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 works

• Richard Poplak and Diana Neille, Influence , 2020 film ^{[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 Top 10 books of 2007. ^[14]

References

1. Winterstein, Shannon (Summer 2010). "KENK: A Graphic Portrait" . Broken Pencil . No. 48. p. 53+ – via Gale Academic OneFile.
2. "Richard Poplak". Daily Maverick .
3. Lucas, Powers (2 July 2013). "Why Obama is making an African power-play against China". CBC.
4. Dyzenhaus, David (November 2007). "The Politics of the Ordinary". Literary Review of Canada.
5. "Kenk: A Graphic Portrait". Quill and Quire. July 2010.
6. "Bike thief Kenk subject of graphic novel". CBC. 4 May 2010.
7. Shoba, Sandisiwe (21 August 2020). "Encounters Film Festival: Bell Pottinger Exposed: Influence unpacks the evils of disinformation". Daily Maverick.
8. "Richard Poplak, Diana Neille's "Agents of Influence" among Hot Docs Forum picks". Realscreen. 14 March 2018.
9. Felperin, Leslie (3 February 2020). "'Influence': Film Review | Sundance 2020". The Hollywood Reporter.
10. Cummings, Ryan (2 June 2016). "Continental Shift: Question everything you think you know about Africa". Daily Maverick.
11. Mbao, Wamuwi. "Terror Terroir: Building Disruptive Possibilities in Ivan Vladislavić's The Folly." Journal of Literary Studies 36.4 (2020): 9-26.
12. "Ja, No, Man: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Girls, Suburbia ... and Apartheid". LibraryThing.
13. "Igor Kenk gets book treatment". The Globe and Mail. 3 February 2010.
14. "Susan G. Cole's Top 10 Books". Now . 27 December 2007.