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 He translated Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' into [[Afrikaans]], published by Buren in 1970. A [[CAPAB]] production of this translation was directed by [[Dieter Reible]] in 1970.
-In 2024 he wrote the play ''[[Verwelkingslied]]'' for [[Antoinette Kellerman]] and [[Marthinus Basson]] as a contribution to [[Suidoosterfees]]'s 21st anniversary celebrations. Performed posthumously at the [[Suidoosterfees]] in 2025, directed by [[Marie Bostlap]].
+In 2024 he wrote the play ''[[Verwelkingslied]]'' for [[Antoinette Kellerman]] and [[Marthinus Basson]] as a contribution to [[Suidoosterfees]]'s 21st anniversary celebrations. Performed posthumously at the [[Suidoosterfees]] in 2025, directed by [[Marie Borstlap]].
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	He translated Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' into [[Afrikaans]], published by Buren in 1970. A [[CAPAB]] production of this translation was directed by [[Dieter Reible]] in 1970.		He translated Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' into [[Afrikaans]], published by Buren in 1970. A [[CAPAB]] production of this translation was directed by [[Dieter Reible]] in 1970.
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		+	In 2024 he wrote the play ''[[Verwelkingslied]]'' for [[Antoinette Kellerman]] and [[Marthinus Basson]] as a contribution to [[Suidoosterfees]]'s 21st anniversary celebrations. Performed posthumously at the [[Suidoosterfees]] in 2025, directed by [[Marie Bostlap]].

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-Besides a youth work (****) his first major work, ''[[Boklied]]'' (“Goat Song”), directed by [[Marthinus Basson]], premiéred at the 1998 [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] to great controversy and acclaim. This was followed by ''[[The Life and Times of Johnny Cockroach]]'' (1999) and ''[[Die Toneelstuk]]'' (2001), the latter to controversy once more and claimed - by director [[Marthinus Basson]] - to be a seminal work in South African theatre.
+Besides a youth work (****) his first major work for the theatre was ''[[Boklied]]'' (“Goat Song”), directed by [[Marthinus Basson]], premiéred at the 1998 [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] to great controversy and acclaim. This was followed by ''[[The Life and Times of Johnny Cockroach]]'' (1999) and ''[[Die Toneelstuk]]'' (2001), the latter to controversy once more and claimed - by director [[Marthinus Basson]] - to be a seminal work in South African theatre.
 He translated Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' into [[Afrikaans]], published by Buren in 1970. A [[CAPAB]] production of this translation was directed by [[Dieter Reible]] in 1970.

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	http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/breyten.html		http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/breyten.html
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		+	https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/breyten-breytenbach

	[[Erika Terblanche]]. 2015. "Breyten Breytenbach (1939–)" in [[ATKV]]/[[LitNet]]-Skrywersalbum (2015-04-28)[http://www.litnet.co.za/breyten-breytenbach-1939/]		[[Erika Terblanche]]. 2015. "Breyten Breytenbach (1939–)" in [[ATKV]]/[[LitNet]]-Skrywersalbum (2015-04-28)[http://www.litnet.co.za/breyten-breytenbach-1939/]

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	Judith Lütge Coullie and Johan U. Jacobs (Eds). 2004. ''A.k.a. Breyten Breytenbach: Critical Approaches to His Writings and Paintings''. Amsterdam: Rodopi.		Judith Lütge Coullie and Johan U. Jacobs (Eds). 2004. ''A.k.a. Breyten Breytenbach: Critical Approaches to His Writings and Paintings''. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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		+	https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lzy87veno

	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 He also holds French citizenship. Recognized as one of the foremost [[Afrikaans]] poets of his time, and (in Europe at least)  as a significant painter and graphic artist. He matriculated at the Hoërskool Hugenoot in Wellington in 1957 and studied fine arts at the University of Cape Town. He became a committed opponent of apartheid and left South Africa in 1960, settling in Paris in 1962 with his Viëtnamese wife Yolande Ngo Thi Hoang Lien.  From his first collection of poetry (''Die Ysterkoei moet Sweet'' – “The Iron Cow must Sweat” – 1965) he has in many ways dominated Afrikaans poetry, winning numerous awards over the years. In 19** he went to Paris, where he met and married Yolande, a Vietnamese woman, and ended up working in Paris for 13 years in voluntary exile, because the country would not accept his wife under the apartheid race laws. Arrested and convicted on conspiracy charges in 1975 when returning to South Africa under a false name, and imprisoned for 9 years, of which he served 7. Returned to the country in 199* to head a Creative Writing Workshop??** at the University of Natal (Durban), and - after writing prose works on his prison experiences, he turned his hand to playwriting.
-He passed away on 24 November, 2024.
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 == Biography ==
-He was born on 16 September 1939.
+He was born in Bonnievale on 16 September 1939 and matriculated in Wellington in the Cape Province of South Africa.
 He also holds French citizenship. Recognized as one of the foremost [[Afrikaans]] poets of his time, and (in Europe at least)  as a significant painter and graphic artist. He matriculated at the Hoërskool Hugenoot in Wellington in 1957 and studied fine arts at the University of Cape Town. He became a committed opponent of apartheid and left South Africa in 1960, settling in Paris in 1962 with his Viëtnamese wife Yolande Ngo Thi Hoang Lien.  From his first collection of poetry (''Die Ysterkoei moet Sweet'' – “The Iron Cow must Sweat” – 1965) he has in many ways dominated Afrikaans poetry, winning numerous awards over the years. In 19** he went to Paris, where he met and married Yolande, a Vietnamese woman, and ended up working in Paris for 13 years in voluntary exile, because the country would not accept his wife under the apartheid race laws. Arrested and convicted on conspiracy charges in 1975 when returning to South Africa under a false name, and imprisoned for 9 years, of which he served 7. Returned to the country in 199* to head a Creative Writing Workshop??** at the University of Natal (Durban), and - after writing prose works on his prison experiences, he turned his hand to playwriting.