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Nadine Gordimer
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Gordimer at the Göteborg Book Fair, 2010
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| Born | 20 November 1923 Springs, Transvaal, Union of South Africa |
| Died | 13 July 2014 (aged 90) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | South African |
| Period | Apartheid-era South Africa |
| Genre | Novels, plays |
| Notable works | The Conservationist, Burger's Daughter, July's People |
| Notable awards | Booker Prize 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 |
| Spouse | Gerald Gavron (1949–?; divorced; 1 child) Reinhold Cassirer (1954–2001; his death; 1 child) |
Nadine Gordimer (20 November 1923 – 13 July 2014) was a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was known as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity". She was of Jewish descent.
Gordimer's writing helped abolishing 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. Later on she was also active in HIV/AIDS causes.
Gordimer was one of 20 Nobel Laureates who signed the "Stockholm memorandum" at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden on 18 May 2011. Gordimer was born near Springs, a small town outside of Johannesburg on 20 November 1923.
Gordimer died on 13 July 2014 at the age of 90.
- Ronald Suresh Roberts, No Cold Kitchen: A Biography of Nadine Gordimer (2005)
- No Cold Kitchen: A Biography of Nadine Gordimer by Ronald Suresh Roberts (STE)
