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In Africa even the flies are happy : selected poems, 1964-1977 / [by] Breyten Breytenbach ; translated [from the Afrikaans MS.] by Denis Hirson.

By:

Breytenbach, Breyten

Contributor(s):

Hirson, Denis

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : J. Calder : [Distributed by Calder and Boyars] , 1978.Description: xii, 148 p. : port. ; 21 cmISBN:

071453871X

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

839.36 BRE

LOC classification:

PT6592.12.R4 I5

Summary: Breyten Breytenbach is one of South Africa's outstanding poets. As an Afrikaaner, writing in Afrikaans, his commitment to his country brought him into acute conflict with the government. After 14 years of self-imposed exile in France, he entered South Africa in 1975. Arrested three months later, he was charged under the Terrorism Act. He was alleged to have worked for revolutionary change in South Africa and sentenced to 9 years in prison.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	839.36 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		066986

Afrikaans and/or English.

Bibliography: p. 147-148.

Breyten Breytenbach is one of South Africa's outstanding poets. As an Afrikaaner, writing in Afrikaans, his commitment to his country brought him into acute conflict with the government. After 14 years of self-imposed exile in France, he entered South Africa in 1975. Arrested three months later, he was charged under the Terrorism Act. He was alleged to have worked for revolutionary change in South Africa and sentenced to 9 years in prison.

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