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

Biography

Bopape was born in

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, in what today is

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. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from

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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. ' (1982) pioneered the

detective novel Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as s ...

genre in Sepedi.Erika Terblanche
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, citing M. J. Mojalefa & N. I. Magapa (2007), "Mystery in Sepedi detective stories", ''Literator'' 28(1), April: 121-140.

Works

;Plays *', Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1978 ;Novels * ' Golden Vulture Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1982 * '

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Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1985 * ', Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1987 ;Short story collections * ' orridge 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 {{SouthAfrica-writer-stub