In apartheidtorn south africa, poet ingrid jonker carice van houten struggles tragically in search of love and a sense of home. Black butterflies is a new translation from ingrid jonkers work by two of south africas most illustrious authors, andre brink and antjie krog. The tragic and mysterious story of a writeroft described as the south african. The film also starred irish actor liam cunningham as jack cope and rutger hauer as abraham jonker. Ingrid jonker 19 september 1933 19 july 1965 ois, was a south african poet. It provides an exceptional look into her life, concentrating on her tumultuous love affair with. Ingrid jonker was born on a farm in douglas, near kimberley in the northern cape on 19 september 1933.
Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Plath was 30 when she died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1963. Black butterflies selected poems ingrid jonker, andre brink, antjie krog on. Purchase black butterflies by ingrid jonker on paperback online and enjoy having your favourite poetry books delivered to you in south africa. Jonker has reached iconic status in south africa and is often compared with sylvia plath and marilyn monroe, owing to the tragic course of her turbulent life. Aug 20, 2014 ingrid jonker was an attractive and sensual woman who had tumultuous relationships with men. A s far as middlebrow biopics go, black butterflies may not break any molds, but its a reasonably sensitive and occasionally insightful look into the mind and psyche of an impassioned and deeply troubled artist. Black butterflies is an englishlanguage dutch drama film about the life of southafrican poet ingrid jonker. Black butterflies is a new english translation of the work of ingrid jonker, the south african poet who died in 1965. Apr 15, 2011 in 1960s cape town, as apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young ingrid jonker carice van houten, black book finds her freedom scrawling verse while. Ingrid jonker versamelde werke afrikaans edition by ingrid jonker. Ingrid jonker the child is not dead brand south africa. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
In 1960s cape town, as apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young ingrid jonker carice van houten, black book finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. The south african poet ingrid jonker killed herself at age 31, leaving behind a small body of work that led many to hail her as that nations sylvia plath. Read more browse all famous poems by ingrid jonker. Ingrid jonker has 14 books on goodreads with 1151 ratings. Feb 02, 2012 in 1960s cape town, as apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young ingrid jonker carice van houten, black book finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering. Beatrice returned to her parents to raise her two small girls. Remember to see in my eyes the sun which i will now cover for ever with black butterflies ingrid jonker. As the film opens, ingrid and anna jonker are living in a seaside shack with their.
The uncompromising power of ingrid jonkers poetry runs like a pulsing vein through black butterflies, a 1960sset drama whose several strong points include the angry intensity of carice. Black butterflies streaming video snoisle libraries. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. As for the biopic on ingrid, black butterflies, it does have strong moments that moved me and the movie doesnt have a bias slant, its up to the viewer to decide what they think of jonker as a.
Marilize believes that you are ingrid jonkers daughter ingrids daughters name is simone, and some people have told her that she may also be ingrids daughter. Black butterflies dvd las vegasclark county library. In 1960s cape town, as apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young ingrid jonker carice van houten, valkyrie, black book finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. In 1960s cape town, as apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young ingrid jonker carice van houten, black book finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering.
The poems have been translated by andre brink in collaboration with antjie krog. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. In 1960s cape town, as apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young ingrid jonker finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. Ingrid jonker south africa, 19331965 saturday 1 march 2008. The latest is black butterflies, a footnote to history about the rebellious, courageous and tragic life of south african poet ingrid jonker triumphantly played by carice van houten, the rangy.
Mar 11, 2012 remember to see in my eyes the sun which i will now cover for ever with black butterflies ingrid jonker. Nov 25, 2012 childhood and youth, 19331951 the child in me died quietly neglected, blind and quite unspoilt. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Ingrid jonker was an attractive and sensual woman who had tumultuous relationships with men. Her parents seperated before her birth and she and her mother and sister lived with grandparents who moved to another farm near cape town. Windows of my heart the simone and ingrid jonker story. Black butterflies, a biopic about the poet ingrid jonker. See more ideas about sylvia plath, photography and black and white photography. Black butterflies is a film that asserts jonker as a complex, contradictory and rebellious poet. Black butterflies ingrid jonker paperback books online raru.
Although jonker spoke and wrote in afrikaans and the film is a dutch production, the film is spoken in english. Despite being a fully dutch production about a poet who spoke and wrote in afrikaans. Ingrid jonker ingrid jonkers africa erik thijs wedershoven worldconnectors ingrid jonkers black butterflies, mooie gedichten en mooie film. Childhood and youth, 19331951 the child in me died quietly neglected, blind and quite unspoilt. Awardwinning biopic about poet ingrid jonker, regarded as south africas sylvia plath, as she finds her freedom in the height of 1960s apartheid by scripting verse amidst a series of stormy love affairs. Black butterflies, selected poems, translated by andre brink and antjie krog. Poetry, politics, madness, and desire collide in the true story of the woman hailed as south africas finest poet.
Poetry, politics, madness, and desire collide in the true story of the woman hailed as south africas sylvia plath. Schapelhouman, marijin and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ingrid jonker books online. Black butterflies is a new translation from ingrid jonker s work by two of south africas most illustrious authors, andre brink and antjie krog. Black butterflies ingrid jonker paperback books online. Black butterflies is a conventional account of the life of an unconventional woman, 1960s south african poet ingrid jonker, a tormented soul sometimes likened to.
Ingrid jonker was born on a farm near kimberley in south afrika on 19th september 1933. With carice van houten, liam cunningham, rutger hauer, graham clarke. Oct 9, 2016 ingrid jonker is often called the south african sylvia plath. Arabiese vertaling van gesprek op n hotelterras deur ingrid jonker. Ingrid jonker poems, quotations and biography on ingrid jonker poet page. Oct 21, 2011 black butterflies is a film that asserts jonker as a complex, contradictory and rebellious poet. Amid escalating quarrels with her lovers and her rigid father. Black butterflies is an englishlanguage dutch drama film about the life of south african poet ingrid jonker. Ontvlugting by ingrid jonker famous poems, famous poets. Her parents, abraham jonker and beatrice cilliers, separated very early in her life. While she wrote in afrikaans, her poems have been widely translated into other languages. Digkuns book 1 afrikaans edition by ingrid jonker and. Marilize is writing a book on ingrid jonker, which she will submit to rooi rose at the end of the year.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Apr 24, 2011 the uncompromising power of ingrid jonkers poetry runs like a pulsing vein through black butterflies, a 1960sset drama whose several strong points include the angry intensity of carice. Oct, 2007 marilize believes that you are ingrid jonkers daughter ingrids daughters name is simone, and some people have told her that she may also be ingrids daughter. Meet the 2011 tribeca filmmakers black butterflies. Ingrid jonker is the south african sylvia plath, a tortured, gifted, lonely. Read all poems of ingrid jonker and infos about ingrid jonker. In 1960s cape town, as apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young ingrid jonker carice van houten, black book finds. Ingrid jonker is the south african sylvia plath, a tortured, gifted, lonely woman, who walked into the sea near cape town at the age of 32. Ingrid jonker poet south africa poetry international. Black butterflies is a stirring portrait of ingrid jonker carice van houten, the woman hailed as south africas sylvia plath. See more ideas about afrikaans, food typography and butterfly movie. This partly serves as the reason why filmmakers and audiences remain drawn to the dramatized lives of artists, such as ingrid jonker, the poet at.
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