André Brink
| André Brink | |
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 André Brink in Lyon, France, June 2007 |
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| Born | 29 May 1935 Vrede |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | South African |
| Notable work(s) | A Dry White Season An Act of Terror The Other Side of Silence |
André Philippus Brink, OIS, (born 29 May 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, Ingrid Jonker and Breyten Breytenbach were key figures in the Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers ("The Sixty-ers"). 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 ("Knowledge of the night") (1973) was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government.[1] André Brink translated Kennis van die aand into English and published it abroad as Looking on Darkness. This was his first self-translation.[2] Since then André Brink writes his works simultaneously in English and Afrikaans.[3]
While Brink's early novels were especially concerned with apartheid, his more recent work engages the new range issues posed by life in a democratic South Africa.
Brink's son, Anton Brink, is an artist.[4]
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[edit] Works
For a more comprehensive publication list, see the Afrikaans article on André P Brink.
[edit] Novels
- The Ambassador
- Looking on Darkness
- An Instant in the Wind
- Rumours of Rain (1978)
- A Dry White Season (1979)
- 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
- Before I Forget (2004)
- The Other Side of Silence (2004)
- Praying Mantis (2005)
- The Blue Door (2006)
- Other Lives (2008)
[edit] Memoirs
- A Fork in the Road (2009)
- Reviewed in Hope, Christopher (31 January 2009). "Traitor to the Tribe". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/31/fork-in-the-road-review. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Brink, André. "A Long Way from Mandela's Kitchen," New York Times. September 12, 2010.
- ^ Brink, André (2003): "English and the Afrikaans Writer" in: Steven G. Kellman Switching languages. Translingual writers reflect on their craft. University of Nebraska Press, p. 218.
- ^ "A Chain of Voices (review)". http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/view_one_review/2529. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "anton brink". South Africian Artists. http://www.southafricanartists.com/showartist.asp?Code=BRINK001. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
[edit] External links
- André Brink at Contemporary Writers
- André Brink at the Internet Book List
- André Brink Blog
- 1935 births
- Living people
- People from Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality
- Afrikaner people
- Anti-apartheid activists
- University of Cape Town academics
- Afrikaans-language writers
- Afrikaans literature
- South African novelists
- South African translators
- Translators from Spanish
- Translators from French
- Translators from English
- Translators to Afrikaans
- Prix Médicis étranger winners
- Hertzog Prize winners for drama
- Hertzog Prize winners for prose
- North-West University alumni
