Ingrid Jonker

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Ingrid Jonker was a South African poet renowned for her emotionally charged, socially critical Afrikaans verse and her posthumous status as an icon of resistance to apartheid.

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instanceOf South African poet
human
poet
associatedWith Cape Town literary scene
birthName Ingrid Jonker NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath suicide
child Simone Jonker NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
dateOfBirth 1933-12-19
dateOfDeath 1965-07-19
ethnicGroup Afrikaners
surface form: Afrikaner
familyName Jonker NERFINISHED
father Abraham H. Jonker NERFINISHED
Abraham Jonker NERFINISHED
gender female
genre poetry
givenName Ingrid NERFINISHED
hasPosthumousReputationAs icon of resistance to apartheid
influenced Afrikaans poetry
South African anti-apartheid literature
knownFor emotionally charged Afrikaans poetry
opposition to apartheid
socially critical verse
languageOfExpression Afrikaans NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th century
mannerOfDeath drowning
movement Sestigers NERFINISHED
name Ingrid Jonker NERFINISHED
nationality South African
notableAward Afrikaans Press Fund Prize NERFINISHED
notableWork “Die kind (wat doodgeskiet is deur soldate by Nyanga)” NERFINISHED
“Kantelson” NERFINISHED
“Ontvlugting” NERFINISHED
“Rook en oker” NERFINISHED
occupation poet
writer
placeOfBirth Douglas, Northern Cape, South Africa NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, South Africa NERFINISHED
politicalContext apartheid in South Africa
residence Cape Town NERFINISHED
Johannesburg NERFINISHED
sibling Anna Jonker NERFINISHED
subjectOf biographical studies
film “Ingrid Jonker: Her Lives and Time” NERFINISHED
workTranslatedInto Dutch
English
French
German
writingLanguage Afrikaans

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Sestigers notableMember Ingrid Jonker