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The only sign of him left in New York is the town of Yonkers New Amsterdammers called him "Jonker," i.e. landowner.
Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam. bradamant 2004
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Jonker's gained posthumous national recognition in May 1994, when Nelson Mandela singled her out in a nationally televised speech.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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Black Butterflies, a flawless Dutch biopic shot in South Africa, introduces audiences to the Afrikaner poet Ingrid Jonker, a wild, exciting, freedom-seeking woman who became one of South Africa's greatest poets.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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"Whenever we got stuck, we'd open Jonker's book of poetry and read until we found what we needed to solve our problem," she says.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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The starring role of Jonker is played with great sensitivity by Dutch actress Carice van Houten.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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"Whenever we got stuck, we'd open Jonker's book of poetry and read until we found what we needed to solve our problem," she says.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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After the poet's untimely death, it was Cope who gathered her literary estate into the Ingrid Jonker Trust where his own books and journals joined hers after his death in 1991.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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Van der Oest adds, "By choosing to honor Ingrid Jonker on that most important occasion, he was demonstrating that the two races could honor each other and live together."
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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Apartheid was in full swing and Jonker Yawn-ker vehemently opposed it.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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After the poet's untimely death, it was Cope who gathered her literary estate into the Ingrid Jonker Trust where his own books and journals joined hers after his death in 1991.
Linda Hassler: Tribeca Film Festival: Black Butterflies Soars With Best Actress Award Linda Hassler 2011
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