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Ingrid Jonker

Bilingual South African poet and political dissident (1933–1965)
Person human Q455266

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[14]
Date of birth
September 19, 1933
Date of death
July 19, 1965
Place of birth
Kimberley
Place of death
Three Anchor Bay
Country of citizenship
South Africa[10]
Occupation
poet, writer, costume designer, librettist
Field of work
poetry[11]
Educated at
Wynberg Girls' High School[12]
Award received
Order of Ikhamanga in Silver[13]
Father
Abraham Jonker[9]
Cause of death
drowning[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Afrikaans[22]
Described by source
MAL-1, Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference[20][21]
Family name
Jonker[17]
Given name
Ingrid[18]
Manner of death
suicide[19]
Movement
Sestigers[15]
Name in native language
Ingrid Jonker[23]
Personal pronoun
L484
Subject has role
eponym[24]
Writing language
Afrikaans[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ingrid Jonker ar إنغريد يونكر fa اینگرید یونکر ja イングリット・ヨンカー ru Ингрид Йонкер ru Йонкер Ингрид ru Йонкер, Ингрид sv Jonker zh 英格麗·瓊寇
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000081030818
VIAF cluster ID
24643894
Library of Congress authority ID
n79053799
GND ID
122542282
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ingrid Jonker 1956.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
4051022
Babelio author ID
256390
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12176983h
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
jonker-ingrid
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1028922
DBNL author ID
jonk007
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122542282
Show all 38 identifiers +26
Discogs artist ID
3057065
FAST ID
35206
FemBio ID
14851
Flanders Arts Institute person ID (former scheme)
1894235
Freebase ID
/m/03pmcf
GTAA ID
115580
GeneaStar person ID
jonkeri
Goodreads author ID
782286
IdRef ID
181504634
JRC Names ID
76650
Koha Kütüphane ID
114011
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
Hyperion
LyricsTranslate ID
ingrid-jonker-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
c427a28d-aa33-46fc-be50-042636d8d9ca
NL CR AUT ID
xx0005764
NLP ID
a0000001895907
NUKAT ID
n2006144473
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007350551405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810668713505606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
136426182
Obálky knih ID
xx0005764
Open Library ID
OL1789075A
Poetry International Web poet ID
11226
SBN author ID
IEIV146136
SNAC ARK ID
w6qp3hpj
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvhpw6CFhKx8dVXK7TmBP

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Occupation 3
writer, poet, costume designer
Award received 1
Order of Ikhamanga
Cause of death 1
drowning
Country of citizenship 1
South Africa
Field of work 1
poetry
Given name 1
Ingrid
Instance of 1
human
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID 1
Hyperion
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Afrikaans
Manner of death 1
suicide
Movement 1
Sestigers
Named after 1
Ingrid Jonker Prize
Place of birth 1
Kimberley
Place of death 1
Three Anchor Bay
Sex or gender 1
female
Subject has role 1
eponym
Writing language 1
Afrikaans
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Black Butterflies
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Summary

Ingrid Jonker was born on September 19, 1933[1], in Kimberley[2]. She died on July 19, 1965[3], in Three Anchor Bay[4]. She worked as a poet[5], writer[6], costume designer[7], and librettist[8].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Ingrid Jonker include Ingrid Jonker Prize[26], an award[27], in South Africa[28].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Ingrid Jonker include Ingrid Jonker Prize[26], an award[27], in South Africa[28].

FAQs

Where was Ingrid Jonker born?

Ingrid Jonker's place of birth was Kimberley[2].

Where did Ingrid Jonker die?

Ingrid Jonker died in Three Anchor Bay[4].

Who were Ingrid Jonker's parents?

Ingrid Jonker's father was Abraham Jonker[9].

What did Ingrid Jonker do for work?

Ingrid Jonker worked as a poet[5], writer[6], costume designer[7], and librettist[8].

Where did Ingrid Jonker go to school?

Ingrid Jonker was educated at Wynberg Girls' High School[12].

What awards did Ingrid Jonker receive?

Honors received include Order of Ikhamanga in Silver[13].

Related Entities

Kimberley poetry South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . sahistory.org.za. Retrieved . sahistory.org.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . sahistory.org.za. Retrieved . sahistory.org.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . sahistory.org.za. Retrieved . sahistory.org.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . sahistory.org.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . sahistory.org.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . link.springer.com. Retrieved . link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discogs artist ID → 3057065
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → poet, writer, costume designer +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32086|batch #32086]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (28)"
  3. 24w ago · Axxter99 · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Ingrid
    Field of work → poetry
    Family name → Jonker
    Country of citizenship → South Africa
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Award received: Order of Ikhamanga in Silver"
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