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Breyten Breytenbach
Breytenbach at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival.
Born
(1939-09-16) 16 September 1939 (age 84) Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
Occupation
Novelist, essayist, poet, painter
Language
Afrikaans, English
Citizenship
South Africa, France
Alma mater
University of Cape Town
Spouse
Yolande
Relatives
Jan Breytenbach (brother)
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Breyten Breytenbach (Afrikaans pronunciation:[brɛɪtənbrɛɪtənbaχ]; born 16 September 1939) is a South African writer, poet, and painter who 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. Breytenbach is now informally considered by Afrikaans-speakers as their poet laureate and is one of the most important living poets in Afrikaans literature. He also holds French citizenship.
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