Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014)
Author of July's People
About the Author
Nadine Gordimer was born in Gauteng, South Africa on November 20, 1923. She attended the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa for one year. She is a novelist and short-story writer whose major theme is exile and alienation. Her first short story collection, The Soft Voice of the show more Serpent, was published in 1952 and her first novel, The Lying Days, was published in 1953. Her other short story collections include Jump, Why Haven't You Written: Selected Stories 1950-1972, and Loot. Her other novels include A World of Strangers, A Guest of Honour, Burger's Daughter, July's People, A Sport of Nature, My Son's Story, None to Accompany Me, The Pickup, and Get a Life. She has received numerous awards including the Booker Prize for The Conservationist in 1974, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, and the French Legion of Honour in 2007. She died on July 13, 2014 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. (Publisher Provided) show less
Works by Nadine Gordimer
Six Feet of the Country; A Chip of Glass Ruby; Not for Publication; Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants; Town and… (1991) 3 copies
Once Upon a Time 2 copies
Le opere: Il mondo tardoborghese, da: Il bacio di un soldato, da: Qualcosa là fuori, da: Vivere nell’interregno (1995) 2 copies
Che cosa stavi sognando? 1 copy
Başka Dünyalar 1 copy
Oğlumun Öyküsü 1 copy
The Termitary 1 copy
JUMP 1 copy
Face to Face 1 copy
Comrades 1 copy
Poikani tarina 1 copy
אורח-כבוד 1 copy
The Bridegroom 1 copy
Les saisons de la vie: Traduit de l'anglais (Af. du Sud) par P.Boyer, J. Damour, J. Guiloineau, G.Lory, (2014) 1 copy
Letter from His Father 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
City Lovers 1 copy
Three in a Bed: Fiction, Morals, and Politics (Bennington Chapbooks in Literature Series) (1991) 1 copy
Gordimer, Nadine Archive 1 copy
The Pet 1 copy
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 902 copies
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 447 copies
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Contributor — 183 copies
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 129 copies
Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) — Contributor — 70 copies
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Contributor — 60 copies
Ten years of the Caine Prize for African writing : plus J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and Ben Okri (2009) — Contributor — 11 copies
Als Papa Tennis lernte, Der Inbegriff des Erfolgs, Kreuzfahrt (3 TB) — Contributor — 4 copies
Harper's Magazine 1989 Oct. — Contributor — 1 copy
Harper's Magazine 1988 Aug — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Birthdate
- 1923-11-20
- Date of death
- 2014-07-13
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Country (for map)
- South Africa
- Birthplace
- Springs, Transvaal, South Africa
- Place of death
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Places of residence
- Springs, Transvaal, South Africa
USA
Johannesburg, South Africa - Education
- University of the Witwatersrand (incomplete)
- Occupations
- teacher
novelist
short-story writer - Relationships
- Cassirer, Reinhold (husband)
- Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1978)
- Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (1991)
Royal Society of Literature Benson Medal
Premio Malaparte (1985)
National Order of the Legion of Honour (2007)
W. H. Smith Commonwealth Literary Award (1961)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1972) (show all 9)
Grand Aigle d'Or (1975)
Thomas Pringle Award (1969)
International Botev Prize (1996) - Agent
- Linda Shaughnessy (AP Watt)
Seldes, Timothy
Timoth Seldes
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October 2011: Nadine Gordimer in Monthly Author Reads (October 2011)
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Statistics
- Works
- 108
- Also by
- 65
- Members
- 11,058
- Popularity
- #2,133
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 187
- ISBNs
- 688
- Languages
- 23
- Favorited
- 23
- About
- 1
- Touchstones
- 617