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Nadine Gordimer (20 November 1923 – 13 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity". [1]
Nadine Gordimer (born November 20, 1923, Springs, Transvaal [now in Gauteng], South Africa—died July 13, 2014, Johannesburg) was a South African novelist and short-story writer whose major theme was exile and alienation. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
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Jul 13, 2014 · Born: 20 November 1923, Springs, South Africa. Died: 13 July 2014, Johannesburg, South Africa. Residence at the time of the award: South Africa. Prize motivation: “who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity” Language: English. Prize share: 1/1. Life.
Jul 14, 2014 · Nadine Gordimer, the South African writer whose literary ambitions led her into the heart of apartheid to create a body of fiction that brought her a Nobel Prize in 1991, died on Sunday in...
Daughter of Isidore and Nan Gordimer. Has lived all her life, and continues to live, in South Africa. Principal works: 10 novels, including A Guest of Honour, The Conservationist, Burger’s Daughter, July’s People, A Sport of Nature, My Son’s Story and her most recent, None to Accompany Me.
Jul 14, 2014 · South African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer has died in Johannesburg aged 90. The writer, who was one of the literary world's most powerful voices against apartheid - died at her...
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Jul 19, 2014 · Nadine Gordimer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, and in her Nobel address she said human beings devised writing to explore why we are here.
