Breyten Breytenbach
- Born
- 16 September 1939 (87 years)
- Place of birth
- Bonnievale, Cape Province, South Africa
- Gender
- Male
Breyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter known for his opposition to apartheid, and consequent imprisonment by the South African government. He is informally considered as the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans of the region.
