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Ingrid Jonker

1933 - 1965

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Ingrid Jonker (19 September 1933 – 19 July 1965) was a South African poet and one of the founders of modern Afrikaans literature. Her poems have been widely translated into other languages. Born into an Afrikaner family with four hundred year old roots in South Africa, Ingrid Jonker grew up in a broken home. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingrid Jonker has received more than 304,823 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ingrid Jonker is the 4,420th most popular writer (down from 4,122nd in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 87th in 2019) and the 12th most popular South African Writer.

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  • 300k

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  • 47.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ingrid Jonker ranks 4,420 out of 5,755. Before her are Suzanne Lilar, A. E. Housman, Lalleshwari, Horatio Alger, Ferenc Karinthy, and Richard Hoggart. After her are Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Herman Heijermans, George Moore, Sax Rohmer, Adam Asnyk, and Geo Milev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ingrid Jonker ranks 294. Before her are László Kovács, Miriam Stevenson, Imre Nagy, Knut Johannesen, Theodore Roszak, and Jean Vuarnet. After her are Stanislav Lyubshin, Giuliano Sarti, Barbara Feldon, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Peter Post, and Christa Stubnick. Among people deceased in 1965, Ingrid Jonker ranks 134. Before her are Henry Travers, Margaret Dumont, Alan Freed, Kōsaku Yamada, Tommy Hampson, and Nancy Carroll. After her are Louise Dresser, Jeanette MacDonald, Frederick Browning, David Smith, Hamo Beknazarian, and Eleanor Farjeon.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Ingrid Jonker ranks 92 out of 374. Before her are Frances Ames (1920), Jan de Klerk (1903), Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), and Ian Scheckter (1947). After her are Trevor Rabin (1954), Sharlto Copley (1973), Helen Suzman (1917), Sid Atkinson (1901), John McDowell (1942), and Goodwill Zwelithini (1948).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Ingrid Jonker ranks 12. Before her are Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurens van der Post (1906), Deon Meyer (1958), and Alan Paton (1903). After her are Elisabeth Eybers (1915), Elsa Joubert (1922), Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Antjie Krog (1952), and Athol Fugard (1932).

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