Wopko Jensma

Wopko Pieter Jensa (born 26 July 1939[1][2] in Ventersdorp, South Africa),[3] is a male South African poet and artist.[4] Jensma published three collections of poetry before his disappearance in 1993.[5]

Wopko Jensa
Born
Wopko Pieter Jensa

26 July 1939
Ventersdorp, South Africa
DisappearedAugust, 1993 (age 52)
Johannesburg
StatusMissing for 27 years and 5 or 6 months
Occupationpoet, Artist

Background

Jensma's art is ethnic, based on a theme unique to himself, lino-printed images of animals drawn as characteristics of people. His poetry was characterized as having a jazzlike feel to it; he described his words as his jazz instrument and his expression being his rhythm.[6]

  • Sing for our Execution (1973)
  • Where White is the Colour/Where Black is the Number (1974)
  • I Must Show you my Clippings (1977)

A selection of Jensma's poems appeared, with a brief biography, in the anthology Ten South African Poets edited and introduced by Adam Schwartzman (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1999). There is an online appreciation of Jensma's poetry and art works, with quotations and some biographical details, by Tony McGregor entitled I write you from afar: Wopko Jensma, enigmatic poet of Africa.

Disappearance

Jensma disappeared from Johannesburg without a trace in August 1993, and has not been seen since.[7][8][9] No information of what became of him is known.

See also

References
  1. Wopko Jensma Works .. (Part 1), retrieved 2019-08-30
  2. "From Not Him Wopko Jensma 1939 he forbids us to dance he always leads the | Course Hero". www.coursehero.com. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  3. "Wopko JENSMA archives". www.art-archives-southafrica.ch. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  4. Smith, Connie (2017-11-24). "Analysis of From Not Him by Wopko Jensma". Poem Analysis. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  5. Smith, Connie (2017-11-24). "Analysis of From Not Him by Wopko Jensma". Poem Analysis. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  6. http://www.art-archives-southafrica.ch/PDFs/Jensma_Tydskrif-vir-Letterkunde_2010_v47n1a01.pdf
  7. Wopko Jensma SA History
  8. "Biography of Wopko Jensma". www.biographies.net. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  9. Pape, Jennifer (2017-06-06). "Wopko Jensma (1939 – 1993)". Dryad Press - People! Read Poetry. Retrieved 2019-08-30.

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