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.