Breytenbach, Breyten
Overview
Works: |
389
works in
1,148
publications in
9
languages and
12,664
library holdings
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Genres: |
Biography
Biographies
Poetry
Short stories
Fiction
Artists' books
Diaries
History
Prose poems
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Roles: |
Author, Author of introduction, Interviewee, Illustrator, Bibliographic antecedent, Artist, Correspondent, Other, Creator, Recipient
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Classifications: |
PT6592.12.R4,
839.3615 |
Most widely held works about
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Most widely held works by
Breyten Breytenbach
Memory of snow and of dust by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
33
editions published
between
1989
and
1992
in
4
languages
and held by
569
libraries
worldwide
"Meheret is a part-time journalist of Ethiopian origin, Mano is a 'mixed blood' South African actor, and Barnum is an exiled white South African writer. When Mano goes to South Africa to research a film of Barnum's life, he gets caught up in the struggle for liberation, arrested for a murder he did not commit, and sentenced to death". -- Book jacket
Mouroir : mirrornotes of a novel by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
22
editions published
between
1983
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
459
libraries
worldwide
Breyten Breytenbach composed this wondrous ship of thought, this docu-dream, during a horrific period of incarceration
Windcatcher : new and selected poems, 1964-2006 by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
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4
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
380
libraries
worldwide
Includes poems never before published
The true confessions of an albino terrorist by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
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43
editions published
between
1983
and
2010
in
8
languages
and held by
318
libraries
worldwide
Autobiografisch relaas over de politieke, sociale, filosofische en psycho- logische aspecten van de zuidafrikaanse apartheid
The memory of birds in times of revolution by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
17
editions published
between
1990
and
1996
in
English and Dutch
and held by
299
libraries
worldwide
Essays en andere teksten over politiek, kunst en samenleving
Lady one : of love and other poems by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
5
editions published
between
2002
and
2004
in
3
languages
and held by
213
libraries
worldwide
A season in paradise by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
45
editions published
between
1976
and
1997
in
5
languages
and held by
171
libraries
worldwide
Belletristik : Südafrika (Republik) ; Roman
Return to paradise by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
21
editions published
between
1993
and
1995
in
4
languages
and held by
164
libraries
worldwide
In 1975, Breyten Breytenbach, a young Afrikaner poet, painter, and ANC activist in exile, made a secret visit to his native South Africa. He was arrested, charged with treason, and imprisoned for seven years. Much has changed since those days: Nelson Mandela has been released, apartheid is on its way out, F.W. de Klerk has set in motion multiracial rule, and Breytenbach, the young rebel, has become one of his country's most respected figures, an insider-outsider with a unique view of South Africa and Africa as a whole. In rich, vivid, evocative prose Breytenbach captures Africa: primitive huts alongside modern airports; the constant migrations of peoples; the ethereal beauty of the land. We travel with him from town to town, from Kwamandlangampisi and Houtenbeck to Goshen and Atlantis. We hear jazz in Capetown and hippopotami oomphing in pools, we see cardboard slums for blacks and exquisite white suburbs - cool houses with luxuriant gardens behind security walls topped with broken glass. We read of principals chased from classrooms by their students, and police confiscating cameras; we pass paw-paw trees, avocado orchards, and the blackened ruins of schools and huts; we learn ancient fables and folk superstitions, and always reflect on politics. This is a poet's experience of Africa, at once unsparing and elegiac
Intimate stranger : a writing book by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
7
editions published
between
2006
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
160
libraries
worldwide
"Addressed to a young writer, Intimate Stranger is an eclectic and generous work flowing with insight and wit. Breytenbach's candid and provocative reflections on reading and writing guide without guiding, open mental channels, surprise, and inspire. A stirring glimpse into the mind of an artist, Intimate Stranger is a river of experience and visions, brimming with sleights of tongue and overshifting in mood. This genre-defying gem makes manifest Einstein's assertion: 'Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.'"--Publisher's website
Judas eye ; and, Self-portrait/deathwatch by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
10
editions published
in
1988
in
English
and held by
155
libraries
worldwide
Notes from the middle world by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
8
editions published
between
2004
and
2010
in
English and Dutch
and held by
116
libraries
worldwide
"In dialogue with the dead and living - Nelson Mandela, Mahmoud Darwish, Barack Obama - internationally distinguished South African artist and writer Breyten Breytenbach's new collection of essays traces the collisions between utopia and disaster, political traumas and the renewal of hope. Notes from the Middle World is a beautiful and heart-wrenching book. Against the conformity of power, Breytenbach takes readers on a journey through the 'Middle World, ' an imagined space beyond borders and exile, toward an embracing vision of justice for the un-citizens post-modernity has dispossessed."--Back cover
Nelson Mandela : the early life of Rolihlahla Madiba by Jean Guiloineau (
Book
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8
editions published
between
1990
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
115
libraries
worldwide
"Here is the story of a boy who was destined for something larger than his tribal village, a boy who could not contain his wonder and curiosity about the world beyond the familiar. Even at the expense of disobeying the Regent, he fled with his adoptive brother to the capital city of Johannesburg to find work and see the world, meeting many influential people along the way." "The circumstances of Mandela's youth led him to a perpetual search for what is right and true, in constant pursuit of fairness and recognition for the colorful, valiant history and tradition of black South Africans."--Jacket
All one horse by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
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4
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
94
libraries
worldwide
Voice over : a nomadic conversation with Mahmoud Darwish by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
6
editions published
between
2009
and
2011
in
English
and held by
92
libraries
worldwide
Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian poet (1941 - 9 August 2008), was a friend. I was on Gorée Island when I learned of his death during the course of an open-heart intervention in Houston, America. We had been together a few weeks earlier in Arles, the south of France. Even at noon the foyer of the hotel where we stayed was as if drained of light by dusk. He knew how serious his condition was - it was either the very risky operation or the possibility of dying at any moment from an exploding aorta - and with an ironic smile he speculated about his chances of survival. That night, as the sun was setting in a yellow flood over the ancient open air Roman theater and as birds began singing the accumulated sweetness of a summer's day, he publicly read one last time from his work. The poems were shot through by an ongoing conversation with death. Immediately after his passing, I started writing the above series as fragments of a continuing dialogue. In West Africa it was then the onset of the rainy season moving north, the 'petit hivernage, ' when black-blue clouds would skitter and close the skies. . . .The journey continues and the conversation will carry on, in the attempt to look for Mahmoud Darwish among the words
('YK') : die vierde bundel van die ongedanste dans by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
11
editions published
between
1983
and
1985
in
3
languages
and held by
88
libraries
worldwide
Gedichten in het Zuidafrikaans
Katastrofes by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
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17
editions published
between
1964
and
2016
in
3
languages
and held by
84
libraries
worldwide
In Katastrofes, Breyten se eerste gepubliseerde prosawerk, is bekende elemente wat in sy digkuns ook figureer. Die gepynigde ek bevind hom in 'n absurde wêreld waarin alles aan die verrot is, op soek na identiteit, verwesenliking en troos
Nege landskappe van ons tye bemaak aan ̕n beminde by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
6
editions published
between
1993
and
1995
in
Afrikaans and Dutch
and held by
77
libraries
worldwide
Die huis van die dowe by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
15
editions published
between
1967
and
1982
in
3
languages
and held by
76
libraries
worldwide
Die windvanger by Breyten Breytenbach (
Book
)
6
editions published
between
2007
and
2013
in
3
languages
and held by
68
libraries
worldwide
Hier vind die leser weer gedigte oor temas soos reis, tyd, liefde, dood. Maar veral weer, en méér, die kwelling oor die doeltreffendheid van die woord: 'En wat sal ek sê het ek geleer, behalwe om met woorde /te speel tot aan die uur van my dood?'
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Brink, André P. (André Philippus) 1935-2015 Author
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Coetzee, J. M. 1940-
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Jolly, Rosemary Jane 1963- Author
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Guiloineau, Jean 1939- ... Other Translator Author
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Louw, N. P. van Wyk (Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk) 1906-1970
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Modisane, Bloke -1986
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Sanders, Mark 1968- Author
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Biko, Steve 1946-1977
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Weschler, Lawrence Author
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Makiya, Kanan
Associated Subjects
African fiction (English) African National Congress Afrikaans fiction Afrikaans poetry Afrikaans prose literature Anti-apartheid movements Apartheid Artists' books Authors, Afrikaans Authors, South African Breytenbach, Breyten Brink, André P.--(André Philippus), Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Coetzee, J. M., Coppola, Francis Ford, Darwīsh, Maḥmūd English fiction English poetry Government, Resistance to Group identity in art Group identity in literature Homes Imprisonment Intellectual life Kavan, Jan, Love poetry Makiya, Kanan Mandela, Nelson, Poetry Poetry, Modern Poetry--Authorship Political activists Political and social views Political prisoners Politics and government Post-apartheid era Presidents Race relations Short stories Short stories, South African (English) Social conditions South Africa South African essays (English) South African fiction (English) South African literature (English) Symbolism Travel Violence in literature Voyages and travels
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Alternative Names
Afrika, Jan
Blom, Jan
Afrika, Jan 1939- Blom, Jan 1939- Brejten Brejtenbax Breyten, 1939- Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach dichter uit Zuid-Afrika Breyten Breytenbach französischer Schriftsteller, Anti-Apartheid-Aktivist und Maler Breyten Breytenbach południowoafrykański pisarz i poeta, przeciwnik apartheidu Breyten Breytenbach scrittore e pittore sudafricano Breyten Breytenbach South African writer and painter Breytenbach, Breyten Breytenbach, Breyten, 1939- Lasarus, B.B. Lasarus, B. B. 1939- Lazarus, B.B. Lazarus, B. B. 1939- Брейтен Брейтенбах южноафриканский писатель и художник برايتن بريتنباخ
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