Gordimer, Nadine, 1923-2014

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Dates:
Birth 1923-11-23
Death 2014-07-13
Birth 1923
Gender:
Female
South Africans
English

Biographical notes:

Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs, South Africa in 1923. At age 13 she began her writing career, her first writings appearing in the children's section of the Johannesburg Sunday Express. Since then she has written novels and countless short stories, articles, etc. which have been published in magazines and newspapers worldwide. Many of her works reflect the political and social dilemmas of living under apartheid in South Africa and consequently, several of her books have been banned in that country until very recently.

Among her numerous awards are the Booker Prize for Fiction (1974), Modern Language Association of America award (1982), and the Premio Malaparte prize (1987). In 1991 Gordimer's entire body of work was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has been decorated Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) and has received honorary degrees from such institutions as Harvard and Yale Universities.

Apart from her many achievements in writing, Gordimer has been visiting professor and lecturer at several American universities. She is a founder and executive member of the Congress of South African Writers and has encouraged and supported new writers, especially young African authors and poets.

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Subjects:

  • Literature
  • Novelists, South African
  • Short stories, South African
  • South African fiction

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  • Authors
  • Nobel Prize winners

Places:

  • Republic of South Africa, 00, ZA
  • Johannesburg, 06, ZA
  • Springs, 06, ZA

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