Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer (b. November 20, 1923) is a South African (Jewish) novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize.

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November 20 - 1923 - South Africa - Jewish - Novel - Writer - 1991 - Nobel Prize in literature - 1974 - Booker Prize

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She was born in Springs, an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg, the daughter of Isidore and Nan Gordimer. She lives in Johannesburg.

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Springs - East Rand - Mining - Johannesburg

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Gordimer was educated at a convent school. Thereafter she studied for a year at Witwatersrand University, but did not complete her degree. During the 1960s and 1970s she taught at several universities in the United States.

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Convent - Witwatersrand University - 1960s - 1970s - United States

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She drew praise for her demand that South Africa re-examine and replace its long held policy of apartheid. As such, most of her works deal with the moral and psychological tensions of her racially divided home country.

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Her first novel, The Lying Days, was published in 1953.

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A founding member of the Congress of South African Writers, Gordimer has been awarded numerous honorary degrees, as well as France's Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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Congress of South African Writers - Honorary degree - Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

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