André Brink
South African writer (1935-2015) · South Africa · Writers · Died at 79
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Something wrong?André Philippus Brink was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town.
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2015Died6 February 2015Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of LouvainAward2006Order of Ikhamanga in SilverAward2003Honorary Doctor of the University of PretoriaAwardThe Sunday Times Fiction PrizeAward1998Honorary Doctorate from the University of Montpellier-IIIAward1997Honorary Doctor of the University of the Free StateAward1989Monismanien PrizeAward1985Honorary Doctor of the University of the WitwatersrandAward1980Martin Luther King Memorial PrizeAwardPrix Médicis étrangerAward1965Reina Prinsen Geerligs prizeAward1935Born29 May 1935
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About this person
Country
South Africa
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1935 to 2015 · aged 79
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