 In the first half of the 20th century the hospital became formally associated with the Medical School of the University of Cape Town.A famous patient was the poet Ingrid Jonker who was admitted with depression in the 1960s; she later recounted her experiences in several poems.Valkenberg Hospital features prominently in the troubled life of Tshepo, the lead character in K. Sello Duiker's novel, "The Quiet Violence of Dreams."