STUDY (BOOK) ON FLAXMAN QOOPANE

Excitement is mounting among the literary fraternity in the Free State, as award winning author, Hector Kunene puts finishing touches to his next (third) book.

The new book is a study of Flaxman Qoopane, the flamboyant Free State based writer,
poet, journalist, actor, painter, essayist and journalist. It will be recalled that last year (2010), Mr. Kunene published an acclaimed study on the writer Omosey Bolaji.

Kunene said: “I am very excited about the new book. Mr. Jacob Moalusi ‘Flaxman’ Qoopane is an icon in many ways; we look up to him. Apart from his colourful character and career, he is also the founder of the celebrated QOOPANE LITERARY GALLERY. A wonderful gallery indeed!”

Kunene also disclosed that the new study on Flaxman Qoopane will not be a repetition of any of the author’s many biographical works. “This is more of a literary work, focusing on studies, critiques, quality reviews of the man’s life and work. Some of his most powerful articles, and literary speeches, will now be in book form,”

The main Introduction to the book is written by Mr. Bolaji, and Kunene says: “Nobody knows Mr Qoopane more than malume Bolaji. They have been in the literary and journalistic trenches together for a long time. Both their lives revolve around the written word. I can tell you that the Introduction is awesome!”

The new book will also have other inputs, like a revealing interview with Flaxman Qoopane. Smiling, Hector says: “Of course I have been doing a lot of research for this book. Talking to Mr Qoopane is being regaled by an icon, with his great experience and knowledge, a man very much immersed in the world of books”

Watch this space…