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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

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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 · 35,745 ratings · 4,116 reviews · 324 distinct works • Similar authors

	July's People 3.51 avg rating — 8,165 ratings — published 1981 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pickup 3.57 avg rating — 3,833 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Conservationist 3.31 avg rating — 3,302 ratings — published 1974 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burger's Daughter 3.49 avg rating — 2,284 ratings — published 1979 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Son's Story 3.61 avg rating — 1,821 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House Gun 3.55 avg rating — 1,524 ratings — published 1997 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jump and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 1,236 ratings — published 1991 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	None to Accompany Me 3.65 avg rating — 880 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sport of Nature 3.74 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 1987 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories 3.18 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 2007 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
― Nadine Gordimer

tags: truth

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“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”
― Nadine Gordimer

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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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