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Sestigers
The Sestigers (Sixtiers), also known as the Beweging van Sestig ("the movement of the sixties"), were a dissident literary movement of Afrikaans-language poets and writers in South Africa under apartheid. The movement was started in the beachside Cape Town suburb of Clifton, Cape Town, Clifton during the early 1960s by André Brink and Breyten Breytenbach, under the mentorship of Uys Krige and Jack Cope, and in continuation of a tradition in South African literature pioneered in the 1920s by Roy Campbell (poet), Roy Campbell, William Plomer, and Laurens van der Post. The Sestigers sought to elevate Afrikaans as a literary language and use it as a medium for speaking truth to power against the extreme Afrikaner nationalist and white supremacist National Party (South Africa), National Party and its policies of both Apartheid and censorship in South Africa. ''Die Sestigers'' also included Reza de Wet, Etienne Leroux, Jan Rabie, Ingrid Jonker, Adam Small (writer), Adam Small, Bartho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach (; 16 September 193924 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of the National Party (South Africa), National Party–led South African Government. He was also known as a founding member of the Sestigers, a dissident literary movement, and was one of the most important poets in Afrikaans literature. Early life and education Breyten Breytenbach was born on 16 September 1939 in Bonnievale, Western Cape, Bonnievale, South Africa. For secondary education, he attended Hoërskool Hugenote, in Wellington, Western Cape. He later attended the University of Cape Town, studying fine arts at the Michaelis School of Fine Art as well as philology. Activism and imprisonment Breytenbach was a political dissenter against the ruling National Party (South Africa), National Party and its white supremacist policy of apa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
