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South African poet, writer and painter Breyten Breytenbach in a studio in Paris. He was exiled in France after being jailed due to his anti-apartheid stance. (Photo: Julio Donoso/Getty Images)

AFRIKAANS POETRY

Breyten Breytenbach: Cosmopolitan anarchist from the Boland

The poet and painter was one of the greatest wordsmiths in Afrikaans

Andries Bezuidenhout