Herman Charles Bosman

Herman Charles Bosman
Herman Charles Bosman
Born	(1905-02-03)3 February 1905 Kuils River, South Africa
Died	14 October 1951(1951-10-14) (aged 46) Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation	Novelist short-story writer satirist artist

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.