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Nadine Gordimer


Born
in Springs, Transvaal, South Africa
November 20, 1923

Died
July 13, 2014

Genre
Fiction

Influences
Eudora Welty, Nelson Mandela, E.M. Forster, Albert Camus, Thomas Mann, ...more


Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer, political activist, and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was recognized as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".

Gordimer's writing dealt with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid in South Africa. Under that regime, works such as Burger's Daughter and July's People were banned. She was active in the anti-apartheid movement, joining the African National Congress during the days when the organization was banned. She was also active in HIV/AIDS causes. ...more

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Average rating: 3.56 · 36,041 ratings · 4,155 reviews · 322 distinct works • Similar authors
July's People
3.51 avg rating — 8,238 ratings — published 1981 — 87 editions
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The Pickup
3.57 avg rating — 3,844 ratings — published 2001 — 69 editions
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The Conservationist
3.31 avg rating — 3,330 ratings — published 1974 — 72 editions
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Burger's Daughter
3.49 avg rating — 2,303 ratings — published 1979 — 82 editions
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My Son's Story
3.61 avg rating — 1,832 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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The House Gun
3.55 avg rating — 1,535 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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Jump and Other Stories
3.87 avg rating — 1,246 ratings — published 1991 — 46 editions
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None to Accompany Me
3.65 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 1994 — 60 editions
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A Sport of Nature
3.74 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions
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Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth...
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“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
― Nadine Gordimer
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“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”
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“I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.”
― Nadine Gordimer, The House Gun
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