DIE BEGINSEL VAN STOF, (laat-verse, skinkaanskaduwees, aandtekeninge)

181 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2011

A new collection of poems by Breyten Breytenbach.

"As Afrikaans 'n segsman in poëtiese vorm nodig gehad het om die taal se literêre en seggingsmoontlikhede opnuut te bewys, hier is dit." Henning Snyman

Text in Afrikaans.

Poet, novelist, essayist, activist and visual artist Breyten Breytenbach is currently a Global Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at New York University. He won the 1994 Alan Paton Award for "Return to Paradise". In 1999 he was awarded the Hertzog Prize for Poetry for "Papierblom". His poetry collection, "Die Windvanger" won the 2008 Hertzog Prize and the University of Johannesburg Prize.