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.

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