WRITER

Gcina Mhlophe

1958 - Today

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Mhlophe (born 24 October 1958), known as Gcina Mhlophe, is a South African storyteller, writer, playwright, and actress. In 2016, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women. She tells her stories in four of South Africa's languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa, and also helps to motivate children to read. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gcina Mhlophe is the 5,205th most popular writer (up from 7,095th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 324th in 2019) and the 13th most popular South African Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gcina Mhlophe ranks 5,205 out of 7,302. Before her are Nicolaas Beets, Tabitha King, Regīna Ezera, Helene Hanff, Emil František Burian, and Alan Dean Foster. After her are Bernard Clavel, Bart D. Ehrman, Robert of Torigni, Gillian Rubinstein, María Martínez Sierra, and Anna Świrszczyńska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Gcina Mhlophe ranks 298. Before her are Ján Kocian, Susanna Thompson, Wendie Jo Sperber, Julio Medem, Wafa Sultan, and Mike Rogers. After her are Yu Suzuki, Andreas Wenzel, Philippa York, Patricia Heaton, Margaret Colin, and Olivier Marchal.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Gcina Mhlophe ranks 128 out of 454. Before her are Cecil Kellaway (1890), Kevin Curren (1958), Deon Meyer (1958), Ruth First (1925), Eric Sturgess (1920), and Ian Scheckter (1947). After her are David Carstens (1914), Mark Shuttleworth (1973), Frew McMillan (1942), Glynis Barber (1955), Ted Grant (1913), and Marjorie Clark (1909).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Gcina Mhlophe ranks 13. Before her are Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurens van der Post (1906), Athol Fugard (1932), Alan Paton (1903), and Deon Meyer (1958). After her are Elsa Joubert (1922), Andrew Murray (1828), Karel Schoeman (1939), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Fatima Meer (1928), and Bessie Head (1937).

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