Ingrid Jonker ( African: Ingrid Jonker ; September 19, 1933 , , near Kimberly - July 19, 1965 , Cape Town ) - a South African poetess, wrote in Afrikaans . She is called the South African Sylvia Plath .
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| Date of Birth | September 19, 1933 |
| Place of Birth | Douglas, near Kimberley , South Africa |
| Date of death | July 19, 1965 (31 years old) |
| Place of death | Cape Town , South Africa |
| Citizenship |  South Africa |
| Occupation | poetess |
| Language of Works | Afrikaans |
| Debut | Flight ( 1956 ) |
| Awards | National Order of Ihamang ( 2004 ) |
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Biography
Born and raised on a farm. At the age of ten, she lost her mother, she was brought up with her sister in her father’s new family. She began to write poetry at the age of six, the first collection of her poems After the summer was ready when the author was 13 years old, but the first published book was Flight ( 1956 ). In the same year she got married, in 1957 she gave birth to a daughter. Soon the couple separated, Ingrid returned from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
Father Ingrid belonged to the National Party , the daughter was in opposition to his views, the father publicly disowned her. Yonker got pregnant from one of her lovers (she was in connection with the writers Jack Cope and Andre Brink ) and had an abortion , which, under the then laws of South Africa, was a crime. A nervous breakdown brought her to a psychiatric clinic ( 1961 ).
Her poetry book Smoke and Ocher ( 1963 ) was coldly received by a conservative South African audience, but brought Yonker a prize that allowed her to travel to Europe (Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal). When both of her lovers refused to accompany her, Yonker returned to Cape Town. Soon she committed suicide, drowning in the bay.
Legacy
The Yonker Archive has become the property of the National Literary Museum in Grahamstown. In 1965 , a literary award was established in her name. She was posthumously awarded the National Order of Ihamang ( 2004 ). Her poems have been translated into a number of languages, many of her works are put on music, documentary and feature films have been shot about her. In 2010 , the biographical feature film Paula van der Ust “ Black Butterflies ” was released (in the role of Ingrid Jonker, Karis van Houten , received the MKF Tribeca Prize for this role, 2011 ; in the role of her father, Rutger Hauer [1] ).
Publications in Russian
- From the modern poetry of South Africa. - M .: Progress, 1976.
- Transfers from Ingrid Yonker
Literature
- In memoriam Ingrid Jonker. - Kaapstad: Human & Rousman, 1966.
- Metelerkamp P. Ingrid Jonker: beeld van 'n digterslewe. - Hermanus: Hemel & See Vermont, 2003.