“Through her beautiful poems, in her mother tongue Afrikaans, Ingrid Jonker evokes profound images that are the heart of her culture,” writes Simone. “She wrote from the heart to the heart ...

Ingrid Jonker: A poet’s life. Petrovna Metelerkamp (Hemel & See, R260) “She was both a poet and a South African. She was both an Afrikaner and an African. She was both an artist and a human being.

Ingrid Jonker's fine poetry is always, unfortunately, going to be overshadowed by the fact of her death at age 31 in 1965. Mention her name and her suicide by drowning comes to mind.

The uncompromising power of Ingrid Jonker’s poetry runs like a pulsing vein through “Black Butterflies,” a 1960s-set drama whose several strong points include the angry intensity of Carice ...

Van Houten as teh tragic Jonker, whose poetry is inscribed in South Africa’s history, as well as the flesh of those who carry it. Courtesy of Tribeca Films Running time: 100 minutes ...

Jonker (van Houten) committed suicide in 1965 at the age of 31, leaving behind her a collection of Afrikaans-language poems, one of which (“Die Kind”) was read by Nelson Mandela during his ...

Jonker was resurrected in the minds of South Africans when, in his first address in the new South African Parliament on May 24 1994, Nelson Mandela read from Jonker’s poem Die Kind Wat ...

“My mom always sang lullabies to me when I was small,” Simone Garcia Marquez, the daughter of the late poet, Ingrid Jonker recalls. That’s why she decided that setting her words to music would be the ...

The Amabookabooka guest this episode is poet Karin Schimke, winner of the prestigious Ingrid Jonker Prize for her debut collection of poetry, Bare & Breaking. By JONATHAN ANCER.

Chris Chameleon has once again set Ingrid Jonker's poems to music in his new album 'As Jy Weer Skryf', which follows on from the success of 'Ek Herhaal Jou' in 2005. 'As Jy Weer Skryf' has a much ...

Afrikaans music lovers used to popular singer Chris Chameleon’s melodious adoptions of renowned South African writer Ingrid Jonker’s poems will have to stand strong: the latest renditions of these ...

The uncompromising power of Ingrid Jonker’s poetry runs like a pulsing vein through “Black Butterflies,” a 1960s-set drama whose several strong points include the angry intensity of Carice ...