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Andre Brink

André Brink (born 1935 in Vrede) is a South African novelist. He writes in Afrikaans and English and is a Professor of English at the University of Cape Town.

In the 1960s, he and Breyten Breytenbach were key figures in the Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers. These writers sought to use Afrikaans as a language to speak against the apartheid government, and also to bring into Afrikaans literature the influence of contemporary English and French trends. His novel Kennis van die aand (1973) was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government.

Initially, André Brink's oeuvre was mainly concerned with the apartheid policy. His more recent work is generally regarded as postcolonial.

Works

  • The Ambassador
  • Looking on Darnkness
  • An Instant in the Wind
  • Rumours of Rain
  • A Dry White Season
  • A Chain of Voices
  • The Wall of the Plague
  • States of Emergency
  • An Act of Terror
  • The First Life of Adamastor (1993)
  • On the Contrary
  • Imaginings of Sand
  • Devil's Valley
  • The Rights of Desire
  • Anderkant die Stilte (2002), translated as The Other Side of Silence
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