Breyten Breytenbach

Born 16 September 1939 in Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa

Died 24 November 2024 (aged 85)

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.