Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach (16 September 1939 – 24 November 2024) was a South African-French writer, poet, and painter. He was known as a dissident poet and well known critic of South Africa under apartheid. He was a political prisoner of the National Party-led South African Government. Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, South Africa.

Breytenbach died in Paris, France on 24 November 2024 at the age of 85.

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A Conversation with South African Poet and Anti-Apartheid Activist Breyten Breytenbach on His Own Imprisonment, South Africa’s "Failed Revolution," Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama
An Hour with the Renowned South African Poet, Writer, Painter and Anti-Apartheid Activist Breyten Breytenbach
Podcast Interview with Breytenbach by André Naffis-Sahely
Review of Voice Over: A Nomadic Conversation with Mahmoud Darwish by André Naffis-Sahely

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