Diphete Bopape

Heniel Diphete D. Bopape (born 1957) is a South African novelist, playwright and journalist.[1]

Biography

Bopape was born in Transvaal Province, in what today is Limpopo. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Unisa in 1987. At the time he was lecturing full-time at Dr. C.N. Phatudi College.[2] He is the owner and editor of Seipone, a vernacular newspaper in Limpopo.[3]

Lenong la Gauta (1982) pioneered the detective novel genre in Sepedi.[4]

Works

Plays

Makgale, Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1978 ISBN 9780627009815

Novels

Lenong la Gauta [A Golden Vulture], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1982
Dikeledi [Tears], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1985
Rena Magomotša, Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1987

Short story collections

Bogobe bja Tswiitswii [Porridge of Tswiitswii], Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1985 ISBN 9780798615303

References

Phaswane Mpe, "Bopape, Heniel Diphete D.", in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3. Online version
"Bopape, H. D. N. | Literatur im Kontext". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
Limpopo Leader 1, August 2004
Erika Terblanche, Poëtikale opvattings Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, citing M. J. Mojalefa & N. I. Magapa (2007), "Mystery in Sepedi detective stories", Literator 28(1), April: 121-140.

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[1] Phaswane Mpe, "Bopape, Heniel Diphete D.", in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3. Online version

[2] "Bopape, H. D. N. | Literatur im Kontext". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

[3] Limpopo Leader 1, August 2004

[4] Erika Terblanche, Poëtikale opvattings Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, citing M. J. Mojalefa & N. I. Magapa (2007), "Mystery in Sepedi detective stories", Literator 28(1), April: 121-140.