Ingrid Jonker (19 September 1933 – 19 July 1965), was a South African (Afrikaans) iconic poet and author. She was an anti - apartheid campaigner who chose to affiliate herself with Cape Town's racially mixed literary bohemia, Some of her poems have been translated into other languages and used as lyrics for Afrikaans songs. Jonker has reached iconic status in post-Apartheid South Africa and is often compared with Sylvia Plath and Marilyn Monroe.