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Biography
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity".
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Awards & recognition
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1991
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 1988
- Nelly Sachs Prize · 1985
- Central News Agency Literary Award · 1981
- Central News Agency Literary Award · 1979
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- Booker Prize · 1974
- Central News Agency Literary Award · 1974
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize · 1971
- WH Smith Literary Award · 1961
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Rome Prize
- Booker Prize · 2006 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2001 · nominated
