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| complete name: |
Nadine Gordimer |
| nobel prize: |
literature |
| award year: |
1991 |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/1 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 was awarded to Nadine Gordimer "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
Nadine |
| family name: |
Gordimer |
| occupation: |
writer |
| occupation: |
poet |
| occupation: |
playwright |
| occupation: |
scientific editor |
| occupation: |
novelist |
| occupation: |
short story writer |
| field of work: |
poetry |
| work location: |
Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America |
| notable work: |
The Conservationist |
| notable work: |
A Sport of Nature |
| notable work: |
Burger's Daughter |
| notable work: |
Get a Life |
| notable work: |
July's People |
| notable work: |
The Pickup |
| description: |
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, and gave Nelson Mandela advice on his famous 1964 defence speech at the trial which led to his conviction for life. She was also active in HIV/AIDS causes. |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1991/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1923 |
| date death: |
2014 |
| usual name: |
Nadine Gordimer |
