GORDIMER, NADINE


Meaning of GORDIMER, NADINE in English

born Nov. 20, 1923, Springs, Transvaal, S.Af.

South African writer.

The daughter of Jewish immigrants, she published her first book, the story collection The Soft Voice of the Serpent , in 1952. Her later works include The Conservationist (1974, Booker Prize), Burger's Daughter (1979), July's People (1981), A Sport of Nature (1987), My Son's Story (1990), None to Accompany Me (1994), and The House Gun (1998). Written in a clear, controlled, unsentimental style, her works often concern exile and alienation. She was a strong opponent of her country's apartheid policy, and concerns about black-white relations are frequently expressed in her fiction. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.

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