Breyten Breytenbach

South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

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South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

JOHANNESBURG —  South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government’s apartheid policy of racial oppression, has died in Paris, his family announced on Sunday. He was 85. Breytenbach was a celebrated wordsmith, a leading voice in literature in Afrikaans — an offshoot of Dutch that was developed by … Read more

SA writer and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach dies

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SA writer and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach dies

Breyten Breytenbach, who died on Sunday, was one of South Africa’s most honoured writers, who found beauty in his Afrikaans language but was horrified at the white supremacy imposed by his government. Global voice against apartheid The poet, author and painter had not lived in South Africa for decades, leaving in the early 1960s to … Read more