Obituary Note: André Brink

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André Brink, "a towering South African literary presence for decades whose work in English and Afrikaans fell afoul of apartheid-era censors," died Friday, the New York Times reported. He was 79. 
Brink's work "was often cited alongside that of Nadine Gordimer and J.M. Coetzee as an exemplar of South Africa's ability to transform the experience of harsh racial politics into literature with a global reach," the Times wrote. 
His books include A Dry White Season, Looking on Darkness, An Instant in the Wind, Rumors of Rain, A Chain of Voices and Before I Forget.