Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer, poet, novelist, and playwright. Born in Springs in 1923, she was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand and wrote in English. Her notable works include *The Conservationist*, *Burger’s Daughter*, and *July’s People*. She also authored *No Time Like the Present*, *The novel and the nation in South Africa*, and *The house gun*.

Gordimer received the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Officer of the Legion of Honour. She was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Literature, and the African National Congress. She worked at Harvard University and lived in Johannesburg, where she died in 2014. She identified as an atheist.