Breyten Breytenbach |
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 Breytenbach in 1995 |
| Born | (1939-09-16)16 September 1939
Bonnievale,Cape Province,South Africa |
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| Died | 24 November 2024(2024-11-24) (aged 85)
Paris, France |
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| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, poet, painter |
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| Language | Afrikaans, English |
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| Citizenship | - South Africa
- France (since 1982)
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| Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
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| Notable awards | - Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
- Allen Paton Award for Literature
- Mahmoud Darwish Award for Creativity
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| Spouse | Yolande |
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| Relatives | Jan Breytenbach (brother)
Cloete Breytenbach (brother) |
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Breyten Breytenbach ((6 September 1939 – 24 November 2024) wis a Sooth African-Frainsh screiver, poyet, an penter. He becam internaitional kenspeckle as a dissident poyet an vocal creetic o Sooth Africae unner apartheid, an as a political prisoner o the National Party-wiced South African Government. He is forby kent as a foonin memmer o the Sestigers, a dissident literar muivement, an wis ane o the heid poyets in Afrikaans literature.
- CNA Award (5 times),[4] forDie huis van die dowe (1968),Kouevuur (1969),Lotus (1970),YK (1983), andMemory of snow and dust (1989)[5]
- 1965: APB Prize[4][6] forDie ysterkoei moet sweet and Katastrofes[5]
- 1968: Reina Prinsen Geerligs Award[4] for Sooth Africae, forDie huis van die dowe[5]
- 1972:Lucy B. and C.W. van der Hoogt Prize [nl], for Lotus[5]
- 1984, 1999, 2008, & 2010: Hertzog Prize[4][6][5] He refuised tae accept the 1984 prize (forYk).[5]
- 1982: Van der Hoogt Prize[7][4][8] forSkryt[6]
- 1985: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, forMouroir: Mirrornotes of a Novel[9]
- 1986:Rapport Literature Prize, worth R 15,000 (a major prize)[10][4][11]
- 1994: Alan Paton Award, forReturn to Paradise[12]
- 2007: University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing, for "Die windvanger"[5]
- 2007: W.A. Hofmeyr Prize, for "Die windvanger"[5]
- 2007: Hertzog Prize, for "Die windvanger"[5]
- 2010: Mahmoud Darwish Award for Creativity,[7] forOutre Voix/Voice Over, the French translation ofOorblyfsel/Voice Over: 'n roudig[5]
- 2010:Max Jacob Prize [fr], forOutre Voix/Voice Over[6]
- 2017: Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award[13][7]
- Jan Campert Prize,[4] special prize[6]
- Jacobus van Looy Prize (for literature and art)[4]
- Perskor Prize, forVoetskrif[6][5]
- International Publishers Prize, special prize[6]
