Breyten Breytenbach
Born
September 16, 1939 (85 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
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.
