Breyten Breytenbach
Known for
Acting
Born
September 16, 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
Dispatches
1987
Apostrophes
1975
Intolerance
1996
Vision from the Edge: Breyten Breytenbach Painting the Lines
1998Filmography
1998
1996
Intoleranceas Self (segment "Verranno")
1987
1975