Breyten Breytenbach
Date of Birth:
Sep 16, 1939
Place of Birth:
Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
Date of Birth:
Sep 16, 1939
Place of Birth:
Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
Biography:
Breyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter known for his opposition to apartheid, and consequent imprisonment by the South African government. He is informally considered as the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans of the region.