André Philippus Brink was one of South Africa’s most distinguished and prolific writers of Afrikaner origin who achieved an international reputation for his novels. He published 21 novels in Afrikaans and English since the early 1960s and these have been translated into over 30 different languages, attesting to the popularity of his work throughout the world. In addition to his novels, he published three collections of essays on literature (including Mapmakers: Writing in a State of Siege (1983), Reinventing a Continent: Writing and Politics in South Africa (1996) and The Novel: Language and Narrative from Cervantes to Calvino (1998); co-edited a literary anthology with J. M. Coetzee entitled A Land Apart: A South African Reader in 1986; and wrote plays, literary reviews, children’s books, academic articles and translations. He was an Honorary Professor in the...
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Citation: Kossew, Susan. "André Brink". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 February 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5813, accessed 09 June 2026.]
