Breyten Breytenbach
Birth date
September 16, 1939
Place of birth
Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
Profession
Acting
Age
86 years
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.
