Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach

(1939–2024) essayist France

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Breyten Breytenbach (1939–2024) was a France essayist.

About Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of the National Party–led South African Government. He was also known as a founding member of the Sestigers, a dissident literary movement, and was one of the most important poets in Afrikaans literature.

Notable works:

Mouroir: mirrornotes of a novel

Awards:

Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award|Eenmalige bijzondere prijs van de Jan Campert-stichting|Alan Paton Award|Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt award|Reina Prinsen Geerligs prize|Van Looy Prize|Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards|Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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