Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer

Biography Nadine Gordimer (1923)

South-African writer

Was born on 20 nov 1923.
Origin country South Africa
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Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer, political activist and Nobel laureate.
Her writing has long dealt with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid in South Africa. She was active in the anti-apartheid movement, joining the African National Congress during the days when the organization was banned. She has recently been active in HIV/AIDS causes.

Novels:

The Lying Days, 1953
A World of Strangers, 1958
Occasion for Loving, 1963
The Late Bourgeois World, 1966
A Guest of Honour, 1970
The Conservationist, 1974, Booker prize in 1974
Burger's Daughter, 1979
July's People, 1981
A Sport of Nature, 1987
My Son's Story, 1990
None to Accompany Me, 1994
The House Gun, 1998
The Pickup, 2001
Get a Life, 2005
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Quotes Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

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Nadine Gordimer

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of...

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Nadine Gordimer

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

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