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Jonker, Ingrid, 1933-1965

LC control no.n 79053799
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPT6592.2.O5
Personal name headingJonker, Ingrid, 1933-1965
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Birth date1933-09-19
Death date1965-07-19
Place of birthDouglas (Northern Cape, South Africa)
Place of deathThree Anchor Bay (South Africa)
Profession or occupationPoets
Found inHer Rook en oker, 1963.
Gesig van die liefde, 1999: t.p. (Ingrid Jonker) p. 1, etc. (b. Sept. 19, 1933 in Douglas, [South Africa]; poet; d. July 19, 1965]
en.wikipedia.org website viewed October 2, 2018: Ingrid Jonker (She wrote in Afrikaans, but her poems have been widely translated into other languages) Poet (She became known as one of the Die Sestigers, a group that also included Breyten Breytenbach, AndreĢ Brink, Adam Small and Bartho Smit, who were challenging the extreme Afrikaner nationalism of the ruling National Party) Death (During the night of 19 July 1965, Ingrid Jonker went down to the beach at Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town, walked into the sea, and committed suicide by drowning)
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Associated languageafr