Flaxman Qoopane was born in 1955 in Mangaung in the Free State.
13 Facts About Flaxman Qoopane
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Flaxman Qoopane spent most of his childhood as well as career in the Free State.
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Flaxman Qoopane left for Tanzania and lived in exile from 1977 to 1992.
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Flaxman Qoopane contributed to a popular national daily newspaper, the Daily Sun and Realtime magazine.
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Flaxman Qoopane's work appeared in publications such as Hola, Sowetan, Bona, Drum, A and E, Kopanaang and Free State News.
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Flaxman Qoopane established and curated the Flaxman Qoopane Literary Gallery where profiles of local writers and journalists are displayed sourced from an extensive range of newspaper and magazine clippings.
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Flaxman Qoopane developed the children's library in Hillside View in Rocklands.
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Flaxman Qoopane dedicated his time and effort into creating opportunities and resources to writers in Bloemfontein.
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Flaxman Qoopane was one of the most well-known writers whose career spanned the period of unbanning Black people from publishing their work in South Africa.
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Flaxman Qoopane has showcased his writing and poetry work in countries such as the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, Mozambique and Lesotho His journalism continued to develop during his time in exile and Flaxman Qoopane was particularly successful in East Africa.
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Flaxman Qoopane had many unpublished and minor writings including, Women of Talent.
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Flaxman Qoopane died on the 22 November in 2017 at the age of 62.
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Flaxman Qoopane was working as a communications officer at the metro's officer at the time of his death.