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SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born

Wopko Jensma

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Date
26 Jul 1939
Updated
26 Jul 2025
Wopko Jensma

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South African poet and graphic designer Wopko Jensma was born in Middelburg, Eastern Province. Highly talented but suffering from schizophrenia, he studied at various tertiary institutions and majored in sculpture at the University of Pretoria. After having lived in Mozambique, Botswana and Swaziland for some time, Jensma returned to South Africa where he disappeared in 1993 without a trace from a Salvation Army Men's Home, a shelter that accommodates homeless people. 

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  1. 01Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery. http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/the_rest/0003/000313-jensma.html http://translate.google.com/

Last updated · 26 Jul 2025

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011600

South African History Online (2011) 'SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011600 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).

South African History Online, SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011600, (accessed 6 August 2026).

"SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011600. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "SA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011600.

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