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

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. He is the owner and editor of Seipone, a vernacular newspaper in Limpopo.

Diphete Bopape

(1982) pioneered the detective novel genre in Sepedi.

Diphete Bopape

Works

Plays

, Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1978

Novels

[A Golden Vulture], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1982

[Tears], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1985

, Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1987

Short story collections

[Porridge of Tswiitswii], Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1985

References

1957 births

Living people

South African journalists

South African dramatists and playwrights

South African male novelists

Male dramatists and playwrights

Also Goitsemodimo Bopape

Diphete Bopape