Breyten Breytenbach
South African writer and painter
- Born
- 16 September 1939, Robertson
- Died
- 24 November 2024, aged 85
Breyten Breytenbach (16 September 1939 – 24 November 2024) 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.
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