Richard Poplak

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. He is the co-director of Influence documentary about corruption in South Africa.

Early life and education Poplak was born in Johannesburg. He studied fine art and film making at Concordia University.

Career Poplak is the author of the 2011 journalistic comic book Kenk: A Graphic Portrait.

He is a senior contributor to the Daily Maverick. Richard Poplak and Kevin Bloom, Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa's Changing Fortunes, 2016 Portobello Books, Richard Poplak, Ja No Man: Growing Up White in Apartheid Era South Africa, 2007, Penguin Canada Richard Poplak, Kenk: A Graphic Portrait, 2010, Pop Sandbox,

Awards Poplak's book Ja No Man made the 2008 Alan Paton Non-Fiction prize long list