Diphete Bopape

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

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

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 o fTswiitswii], Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1985

References

1. ^ Phaswane Mpe, 'Bopape, Heniel Diphete D.', in in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0415230193. Online version
2. ^ Bopape, H. D. N. | Literatur im Kontext
3. ^ Limpopo Leader 1, August 2004
4. ^ Erika Terblanche, Poëtikale opvattings, citing M. J. Mojalefa & N. I. Magapa (2007) “Mystery in Sepedi detective stories”, Literator 28(1) April: 121-140.

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