André Brink (1935–2015)
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André Brink was born on May 29, 1935 in Vrede, South Africa. He studied English and Afrikaans at the University in Potchefstroom and comparative literature in Paris. He was a South African writer and educator. He became a part of a group of writers known as Die Sestigers upon returning to South mostra altro Africa in the 1960s. The group aimed to broaden Afrikaner fiction by writing about sexual and moral matters and the failings of the traditional political system. His books included Rumors of Rain, Looking on Darkness, A Dry White Season, and States of Emergency. Some of his books were banned in South Africa. He became a professor of Afrikaans and Dutch literature at Rhodes University and professor of English at the University of Cape Town. He has received the 1980 Martin Luther King Prize, the 1980 French Prix Medicis Etranger, and the 1982 Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur. He was shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice and nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature on several occasions. He died on February 6, 2015 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: André Brink at The International Forum on the Novel, Lyon, France. Photo by Seamus Kearney / Wikimedia Commons.
Serie
Opere di André Brink
Pot-Pourri 3 copie
Donkermaan 2 copie
Die Kreef Raak Gewoond Daaraan 2 copie
Ol 2 copie
Midi 2 copie
n Oomblik in die wind 2 copie
Latynse Reise 2 copie
Inteendeel 2 copie
Sandburgen 1 copia
Houd-den-bek 1 copia
Groot verseboek Deel 3 1 copia
Donkermaan (Afrikaans Edition) 1 copia
Fado 1 copia
Die Muur Van Die Pes 1 copia
Groot Verseboek Deel 3 1 copia
Aspekte Van Die Nuwe Prosa 1 copia
?n Oomblik In Die Wind 1 copia
Gerugte Van Ren 1 copia
Brink Andrè 1 copia
le mr de la peste 1 copia
רגע ברוח 1 copia
Okamžik ve větru 1 copia
Gerugte Van Ren 1 copia
Mortifications (ROBERTSON) 1 copia
Destabilizing Shakespeare 1 copia
Die Muur Van Die Pes 1 copia
Fado 1 copia
Opere correlate
Windroos: Verhale deur 10 Sestigers — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Over X-jes, de zandloper en de herenbobbel. Een handleiding tot de kunsten voor Maarten Asscher (1998) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Brink, André Philippus
- Data di nascita
- 1935-05-29
- Data di morte
- 2015-02-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Zuid-Afrika
- Luogo di nascita
- Vrede, Zuid-Afrika
- Luogo di morte
- tijdens vlucht van Amsterdam naar Kaapstad
- Luogo di residenza
- Vrede, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Jagersfontein, South Africa
Brits, South Africa
Douglas, South Africa
Sabie, South Africa (mostra tutto 7)
Lydenburg, South Africa - Istruzione
- Potchefstroom University
The Sorbonne, Paris, France
Lydenburg High School - Attività lavorative
- emeritus professor
novelist - Relazioni
- Brink, Elsabe (sister)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Cape Town
Sestiger movement - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Monismanien Prize (1992)
Order of Ikhamanga
South African Literary Award Lifetime Achievement (2006) - Agente
- Liepman Agency
- Breve biografia
- André Brink, a major South African writer whose work has shaken conscience and culture in Afrikanerdom, contributed significantly to the cause against apartheid. With democracy, he now sees no further need to be overtly political in his writing and feels a new freedom to write whatever he feels like.
Utenti
Discussioni
Philida by André Brink in Booker Prize (Agosto 2012)
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 103
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 4,484
- Popolarità
- #5,589
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 107
- ISBN
- 465
- Lingue
- 17
- Preferito da
- 15