UDuteronomi Bhekinkosi Zeblon (“DBZ”) Ntuli wazalelwa eGcotsheni, eShowe, ngomhlaka 8 Meyi 1940. Ngemuva kokusebenza iminyaka emithathu njengommemezeli / umhumushi / umkhiqizi wenkonzo yamaZulu ye-SABC, wajoyina abasebenzi base-UNISA emkhakheni wolimi umsizi wesiZulu, ku-Department of African Languages. UNtuli wathola iziqu ze-Masters ngo-1974 futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumsizi omkhulu wobungcweti ngonyaka ofanayo futhi waba ngumsizi omkhulu wobuchwepheshe ngo-1977.
Ngo-1978, uNtuli waphothula iziqu zakhe ze-D Litt e-UNISA ngephepha elithi-The poetry of BW Vilakazi. Ngo-1979, waba nguprofesa kanye noprofesa wokuqala omnyama we-UNISA ngo-1982. Wayeyi-Head of the Sub-department of IsiZulu kusukela ngo-1992 kwaze kwaba uthatha umhlalaphansi ngo-1999. UNtuli wengamele abafundi abangu-11 be-MA futhi waba ngumgqugquzeli wabafundi abahlanu abenza izifundo zobudokotela.
Incwadi yakhe yokuqala, UBheka, inoveli, yashicilelwa eneminyaka engu-21 ubudala. UNtuli wahumushela izincwadi eziningi olimini lwesiZulu, kuhlanganisa ne-Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom (Uhambo olude oluya enkululekweni).
USolwazi Ntuli wayeyilungu lomsunguli usasebenza ekomitini le-Usiba Writers ’Guild. UNtuli ungumbuyekezi ozimele, umhleli nomhumushi wezinkampani ezahlukahlukene zokushicilela.
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