Epeli Hauʻofa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Epeli Hauʻofa

Tongan writer and anthropologist

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1939

Place of Birth: Papua New Guinea

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2009

Profession: writer, university teacher, anthropologist

Nationality: Fiji

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Epeli Hau?ofa (7 December 1939 – 11 January 2009) was a Tongan and Fijian writer and anthropologist born of Tongan missionary parents in the Territory of Papua.
He lived and taught in Fiji at the University of the South Pacific.
He was the founder of the Oceania Centre for Arts at the USP.