WRITER

Breyten Breytenbach

1939 - 2024

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Breyten Breytenbach (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈbrɛitən ˈbrɛɪtənbaχ]; 16 September 1939 – 24 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–led South African Government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Breyten Breytenbach has received more than 336,796 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Breyten Breytenbach is the 4,333rd most popular writer (down from 3,418th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 65th in 2019) and the 9th most popular South African Writer.

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  • 49.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Breyten Breytenbach ranks 4,333 out of 7,302. Before him are Herbert Achternbusch, Dorothee Sölle, Franciszek Karpiński, Orhan Kemal, Winston Graham, and Helen Prejean. After him are Ruth Westheimer, Maksim Tank, Connie Willis, Yurii Andrukhovych, Moacyr Scliar, and Andrew Marvell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Breyten Breytenbach ranks 346. Before him are Christodoulos of Athens, Ferdinand Bracke, Vivi Bach, Richard Posner, Yves Boisset, and Helen Prejean. After him are Günther Herrmann, John Hopcroft, Ernie Terrell, Adrienne Clarkson, Theo Waigel, and Brigitte Fassbaender. Among people deceased in 2024, Breyten Breytenbach ranks 244. Before him are Rolf Wolfshohl, Otis Davis, Léon Semmeling, Percy Adlon, Peter Sinfield, and Michel Blanc. After him are Ruth Westheimer, Elke Erb, Joe Lieberman, Noriko Ohara, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, and Paul Morrissey.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Breyten Breytenbach ranks 89 out of 454. Before him are Jamie Uys (1921), Helen Suzman (1917), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Claude Chevalley (1909), Rudolph Lewis (1887), and Basil van Rooyen (1939). After him are Gary Player (1935), Eben Dönges (1898), Deon Meyer (1958), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Chris Hani (1942), and Ted Moore (1914).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Breyten Breytenbach ranks 9. Before him are Nadine Gordimer (1923), Peter Abrahams (1919), André Brink (1935), Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurence Oliphant (1829), and Laurens van der Post (1906). After him are Deon Meyer (1958), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Alan Paton (1903), Andrew Murray (1828), Elsa Joubert (1922), and Antjie Krog (1952).

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