Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach (born September 16, 1939) is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship.

Poetry in English

• The Iron Cow Must Sweat (Die ysterkoei moet sweet), Johannesburg, 1964
• The House of the Deaf (Die huis van die dowe), Cape Town, 1967
• Gangrene (Kouevuur), Cape Town, 1969
• Lotus, Cape Town, 1970
• The Remains (Oorblyfsels), Cape Town, 1970
• Scrit. Painting Blue a sinking Ship. (Skryt. Om `n sinkende skip blou te verf), Amsterdam, 1972
• In Other Words (Met ander woorde), Cape Town, 1973
• Foot Writing (Voetskrif), Johannesburg, 1976
• Sinking Ship Blues, Toronto 1977
• And Death White as Words. An Anthology, London, 1978
• In Africa even the flies are happy, London, 1978
• Flower Writing (Blomskryf), Emmarentia, 1979 (Selected poems)
• Eclipse (Eklips), Emmarentia, 1983
• Buffalo Bill, Emmarentia, 1984
• Living Death (Lewendood), Emmarentia, 1985
• Judas Eye, London - New York, 1989
• As Like (Soos die so), Emmarentia, 1990
• Nine Landscapes of our Times Bequeathed to a Beloved (Nege landskappe van ons tye bemaak aan `n beminde), Groenkloof, 1993
• The Handful of Feathers (Die hand vol vere), Cape Town, 1995 (Selected poems)
• The Remains. An Elegy (Oorblyfsels. ´n Roudig), Cape Town, 1997
• Paper Flower (Papierblom), Cape Town, 1998
• Lady One, Cape Town, 2000 (Selected love poems)
• Iron Cow Blues (Ysterkoei-blues), Cape Town, 2001 (Collected poems 1964-1975)
• Lady One: Of Love and other Poems, New York, 2002