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Nadine Gordimer was a South African novelist and short-story writer who lived from 1923 to 2014 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. Her work is important because she used fiction to explore the moral and social complexities of life under apartheid and helped give voice to the experiences of South Africans during this turbulent period in the nation's history.
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- 1923-11-20
- Died
- 2014-07-13
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Writing · Springs, South Africa
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- Regarding Susan Sontag — Self2014
- Nelson Mandela, au nom de la liberté2010
- Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams — Self2009
- Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate1991
- Songololo: Voices of Change1990
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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".
Gordimer was one of the most honoured female writers of her generation. She received the Booker Prize for The Conservationist (1974), and the Central News Agency Literary Award for The Conservationist, Burger's Daughter (1979) and July's People (1981).
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1923 births2014 deaths20th-century South African dramatists and playwrights20th-century South African novelists20th-century South African short story writers20th-century South African women writers21st-century South African novelists21st-century South African short story writers21st-century South African women writersAcademic staff of the University of TorontoBooker Prize winners