Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi

Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi
Born	(1875-12-01)1 December 1875 Gqumahashe
Died	29 July 1945(1945-07-29) (aged 69) Ntabozuko
Resting place	Ntabozuko, near King William's Town
Pen name	S.E.K. Mqhayi
Occupation	Poet dramatist essayist critic novelist historian biographer translator
Language	isiXhosa
Nationality	South African
Notable works	U-Samson, [Ityala Lamawele]
Notable awards	May Ester Bedford Prize for Bantu literature

Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (S. E. K. Mqhayi, 1 December 1875 – 29 July 1945) was a Xhosa dramatist, essayist, critic, novelist, historian, biographer, translator and poet whose works are regarded as instrumental in standardising the grammar of isiXhosa and preserving the language in the 20th century.^[1]