Breyten Breytenbach

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Breyten Breytenbach
Breytenbach in 2009
Born	(1939-09-16)16 September 1939 Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	24 November 2024(2024-11-24) (aged 85) Paris, France
Occupation	Novelist, essayist, poet, painter
Language	Afrikaans, English
Citizenship	South Africa France (since 1982)
Alma mater	University of Cape Town
Notable awards	Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Allen Paton Award for Literature Mahmoud Darwish Award for Creativity
Spouse	Yolande
Relatives	Jan Breytenbach (brother)

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Breyten Breytenbach (Afrikaans pronunciation: [brɛɪtən brɛɪtənbaχ]; 16 September 1939 – 24 November 2024^[1][2]) was 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 was one of the most important living poets in Afrikaans literature. He also holds French citizenship.