Breyten Breytenbach (Author of The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist)

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Breyten Breytenbach

Born

in Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa

September 16, 1939

Died

November 24, 2024

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Zen Buddhism

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Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of the National Party-led South African Government. He is also known as a founding member of the Sestigers, a dissident literary movement, and was one of the most important living poets in Afrikaans literature.

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	The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist by Breyten Breytenbach, Rike Vaughan (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windcatcher: New & Selected Poems 1964-2006 4.12 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Season In Paradise (A Harvest Book) 3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mouroir 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1984 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die ysterkoei moet sweet 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog Heart: A Memoir 3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intimate Stranger 3.89 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady One: Of Love and Other Poems 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to Paradise 3.47 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voice Over: A Nomadic Conversation with Mahmoud Darwish 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Even ivory towers need central heating.”
― Breyten Breytenbach

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“Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for us as well. We know that in order to progress we must stretch for something just out of reach--if only for a life that will be more compassionate and decent than the cruelty, paranoia, greed, narrow corporatism, or narcissism we mostly indulge in and find such ample justification for. And so we dream.”
― Breyten Breytenbach

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“To be an African is not a choice, it is a condition鈥� To be an African is not through lack of being integrated in Europe鈥� neither is it from regret of the crimes perpetrated by 鈥渕y people鈥濃€� No, it is simply the only opening I have for making use of all my sense and capabilities鈥� The African earth was the first to speak. I have been pronounced once and for all.”
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