André Brink

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André Brink (2007)

André Philippus Brink (born May 29, 1935 in Vrede ; † February 6, 2015 ; often André P. Brink ) was a South African writer , translator and literary scholar . He wrote in Afrikaans and English and is one of the most important writers in South Africa.

Life

André Brink was the first of four children of the teacher Aletta Brink and the magistrate (for example: magistrate) Daniel Brink. He was born in the small town of Vrede in the Orange Free State . The father was often transferred, so the family lived in many places. André Brink passed his matric at Lydenburg High School in Lydenburg and studied literature from 1953 to 1959 at the University of Potchefstroom . In 1959 he married for the first time. He lived in Paris from 1959 to 1961 , and also from 1967 to 1968. The Sharpeville massacre in 1960 made him a critic of the apartheid system. In 1961 he received his doctorate from the Sorbonne . From 1961 to 1980 he was a lecturer in Afrikaans and Dutch language literature at Rhodes University in Grahamstown . In 1962, together with Breyten Breytenbach and Ingrid Jonker, he founded the writers' association Die Sestigers (German: "The Sixties"), whose members wrote in Afrikaans and opposed apartheid . When the Sestigers split in 1968, he stuck to the thesis that art was political. Brink's novel Kennis van die Aand (1973) described the love of a white man for a black woman , which was then forbidden, and was the first text written in Afrikaans to be banned in South Africa. Brink then translated the novel into English and published it abroad. From then on he wrote his novels - with one exception - in both Afrikaans and English, so that they mostly appeared in two languages ​​at the same time. In 1980 he was appointed professor of Afrikaans literature at Rhodes University. The ban on Kennis van die Aand was lifted in 1982. In July 1987 Brink was a member of a delegation from Buren who spoke to the leaders of the then banned African National Congress in Dakar, Senegal, at the Dakar conference about a democratic future in South Africa.

From 1991 to 2005 Brink was Honorary Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Cape Town . While many of his early novels deal with the apartheid period, in some of his later works he depicts life in South Africa under the newly won democracy. So his novel is imaginings of Sand (German: sandcastles ) around the time of the first democratic election in 1994 . Praying Mantis (German: Kupidos Chronik ) deals with the life of the first pastor of the Khoikhoi in the 18th century. Brink's autobiography A Fork in the Road was published in 2009 . In addition to novels, Brink wrote numerous travelogues, plays, books for children and young people, literary reviews and essays . He also translated numerous books into Afrikaans, especially works of world literature.

Brink is one of the few Afrikaans-speaking authors who has received international attention. He has been nominated twice for the Booker Prize and has been discussed several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature . He received the CNA Literary Award three times , a South African literary prize. In 2003 he was awarded the Alan Paton Fiction Award . He received three honorary doctorates from South African universities and the Order of Ikhamanga in silver from the South African government .

Brink was married six times and had four children.

He died of thrombosis on a flight from Amsterdam to Cape Town in early February 2015 . He had previously received an honorary doctorate from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium .

Honors and nominations

Works

  • The bonded. Roman, 1958.
  • Single weë. Roman, 1960.
  • Caesar. Drama, 1961.
  • Lobola vir die lewe. Roman, 1962.
  • The ambassadeur. Roman, 1963 (German Nicolette and the Ambassador, 1966).
  • Semper diritto. Travel description, 1963.
  • Olé. Travel description, 1964.
  • Orgy. Roman, 1965.
  • Potpourri. Travel description, 1962.
  • Miskien Nooit. Prose, 1967.
  • Parys - Parys: Return. Travel description, 1969.
  • Midi. Op reis deur Suid-Franryk. Travel description, 1969.
  • Fado. 'n Reis deur Noord-Portugal. Travel description, 1970.
  • Kinkels innie cable. Roman, 1971.
  • Oom Kootje Emmer. Children's book, 1973.
  • Kennis van die aand. Roman, 1973 / Looking on Darkness. 1974 (German: Blick ins Dunkel. 1979).
  • Brandewyn in South Africa. / Brandy in South Africa. 1973
  • Dessertwyn in South Africa. / Dessert Wine in South Africa. 1974
  • 'n Oomblik in the wind. / An Instant in the Wind. Roman, 1975 (German: Voices in the Wind. 1981).
  • The hamer van the hekse. Drama, 1976.
  • Gerugte van reën. / Rumors of Rain. Roman, 1978.
  • 'n Droë wit seisoen. / A Dry White Season. Roman, 1978 (German: White Period of Drought. 1984).
  • Literature in the strydperk. Essays, 1985.
  • Houd-den-Bek. / A Chain of Voices. Roman, 1982 (Ger .: The hippopotamus whip. 1986).
  • The muur van die pes. / The Wall of the Plague. Roman (German: The Plague Wall. 1988).
  • Mapmakers. Writing in a State of Siege. Essays, 1983 (German: stumbling block. 1989).
  • States of Emergency. Novel, 1988.
  • De kreef raak gewoond daaraan. / An Act of Terror. Roman, 1991 (German: Time of Terror. 1994).
  • The first lewe van Adamastor. / The First Life of Adamastor. Roman, 1993.
  • Inteendeel. / On the contrary. Roman, 1993 (German: on the contrary. 1994).
  • Sandpit. / Imaginings of Sand. Roman, 1996 (German: sand castles. 1996).
  • Duiwelskloof. / Devil's Valley. Roman, 1998.
  • Donkermaan. / The Rights of Desire. Roman, 2000.
  • Anderkant the stilte. / The Other Side of Silence. Roman, 2002 (German: The other side of the silence . 2008).
  • Voor ek vergeet. / Before I Forget. Novel, 2004
  • Bidsprinkaan. / Praying Mantis. Roman, 2005 (German Kupidos Chronik. , Osburg, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-940731-27-2 ).
  • The blou deur. / The Blue Door. Amendment, 2006.
  • Ander lewens. / Other Lives. Novel, 2008.
  • 'n Vurk in the pad. / A fork in the road. Memoir, 2009.
  • Philida. / Philida. Roman, 2012.

filming

literature

Web links

Commons : André Brink  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Novelist André Brink dies at 79. iol.co.za (English), accessed on February 7, 2015
  2. ↑ a b biography at andrebrink.bookslive.co.za (English), accessed on February 8, 2015
  3. ↑ a b Detailed biography at marabout.de , accessed on March 28, 2013
  4. ↑ a b c d e Short biography and list of works on the British Council website , accessed on March 27, 2013
  5. ^ André Brink: A Fork in the Road. Harvill Secker, London 2009, ISBN 978-1846552458 , p. 364.
  6. ↑ Brink died because of blood clot. iol.co.za from February 7, 2015 (English), accessed February 7, 2015
  7. ^ André P. Brink dies. Mail & Guardian, February 7, 2015, accessed February 7, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Brink, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brink, André Philippus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Vrede
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2015