Herman Charles Bosman

Comprehensive information about Herman Charles Bosman including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Herman Charles Bosman (3 February 1905 – 14 October 1951) is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer. He studied the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain and developed a style emphasizing the use of satire. His English-language works utilize primarily Afrikaner characters and highlight the many contradictions in Afrikaner society during the first half of the twentieth century. The poet Roy Campbell called him "the only literary genius that South Africa has produced". This educational Herman Charles Bosman resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.