Heniel Diphete D. Bopape (born 1957) is a South African novelist, playwright and journalist.Phaswane Mpe, "Bopape, Heniel Diphete D.", in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. . Online version
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.Limpopo Leader 1, August 2004
(1982) pioneered the detective novel genre in Sepedi.Erika Terblanche, Poëtikale opvattings , 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 [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
Also Goitsemodimo Bopape