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- Birth nameAndré Philippus Brink
- André P. Brink was born on May 29, 1935 in Vrede, Transvaal, South Africa. He was a writer, known for Hanna X, A Dry White Season (1989) and Somer (1975). He was married to Karina Magdalena Szczurek, Marésa de Beer, Sophia (Alta) Albertina Miller, Salomina (Salomi) Louw and Estelle Naudé. He died on February 6, 2015 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- SpousesKarina Magdalena Szczurek(2006 - February 6, 2015) (his death)Marésa de Beer(November 16, 1990 - 2003) (divorced)Sophia (Alta) Albertina Miller(July 17, 1970 - 1987) (divorced, 2 children)Salomina (Salomi) Louw(November 28, 1965 - 1966) (divorced, 1 child)Estelle Naudé(October 3, 1951 - 1965) (divorced, 1 child)
- At the time of his death, he was a literature professor at the University of Cape Town.
- He was an outspoken critic of the apartheid regime in South Africa. He wrote in Afrikaans and English. His novels have been translated into more than 30 languages. In the 1960s, he was prominent in the Afrikaans anti-apartheid literary movement Die Sestigers.
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