Ingrid Jonker by Louise Viljoen

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Summary

Illuminates the brief and dramatic life of the author, who created a literary oeuvre? - as searing in its intensity as it is brief? - before taking her own life at the age of thirty-one. This book tells her story in the political and cultural context of her time, and provides sensitive insights into her poetry.

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Ingrid Jonker by Louise Viljoen

Nelson Mandela brought the poetry of Ingrid Jonker to the attention of South Africa and the wider world when he read her poem Die kind (The Child) at the opening of South Africa's first democratic parliament on May 24, 1994.

Louise Viljoen teaches in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She is well known as a literary critic and book reviewer, and has recently published a study of Antjie Krog, a prominent contemporary South African poet, writer, and academic, best known for her book, Country of My Skull.

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ISBN 13 9780821420485
ISBN 10 0821420488
Title Ingrid Jonker
Author Louise Viljoen
Series Ohio Short Histories Of Africa
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Ohio University Press
Year published 2013-03-15
Number of pages 166
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.