South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government’s apartheid policy of racial segregation, has died in Paris, his family announced on Sunday.

South African writer and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach died on Sunday in Paris at the age of 85, his daughter told AFP.

The renowned anti-apartheid writer and activist Breyten Breytenbach, jailed for his beliefs in South Africa in the 1970s, has died aged 85, his family said. He passed away in his sleep, with his wife Yolande by his side in Paris.

South African dissident author and poet Breyten Breytenbach, opponent of apartheid, has died at 85, his family says

Breyten Breytenbach, who died Sunday, was one of South Africa's most honoured writers, who found beauty in his Afrikaans language but was horrified at the white supremacy imposed by his

Renowned South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a prominent opponent of apartheid, has passed away in Paris at the age of 85, his family announced Sunday. A celebrated literary figure, Breytenbach was a leading voice in Afrikaans literature,