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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)

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Breyten Breytenbach: Cosmopolitan anarchist from the Boland

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

Andries Bezuidenhout

Poet and wrtier Breyten Breytenbach in Paris, France, 1982. (Photo by Patrick SICCOLI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Anthony Akerman on the warmth of Breyten Breytenbach in exile

Akerman’s memoir reflects on exile and meeting Breytenbach

Anthony Akerman