André Brink
André Brink | |
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André Brink in Lyon, France, June 2007 | |
| Born | 29 May 1935 Vrede, South Africa |
| Died | 6 February 2015 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | South African |
| Notable works | A Dry White Season An Act of Terror A Chain of Voices |
André Philippus Brink, OIS (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and was a Professor of English at the University of Cape Town.
Brink died on 6 February 2015 at the age of 79 on a flight from Belgium, where he had received an honorary doctorate from the Belgian Francophone Université Catholique de Louvain, to South Africa.[1]
References
- ↑ "RIP Andre Brink (1935 – 2015)". BooksLive. Retrieved 7 February 2015.