Richard Whitaker
, b. 1949
Richard Whitaker (July 15, 1949), emeritus professor, writer, translator and freelance travel writer, was born and educated in South Africa. He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. After that, he received degrees in Classics from the universities of Oxford and St. Andrews, respectively. It is after then that he started a career in writing. His literary interests are the Classics, Roman love poetry, oral poetry, and the influence of the Classics on his contemporary society. That accounts for his transitions of Classics to suit his South African milieu. He is noted for his two major publications: Homer’s The Iliad: A Southern African Translation and The Odyssey of Homer: A Southern African Translation.
Bio prepared by Divine Che Neba, University of Yaoundé 1, nebankiwang@yahoo.com and Chester Mbangchia, University of Yaoundé 1, mbangchia25@gmail.com
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