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