Nadine Gordimer

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born

November 20, 1923 in Johannesburg, South Africa

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

Nelson Mandela

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Awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, commended for being an author "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity."

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Books by Nadine Gordimer

Average rating: 3.56 · 6,794 ratings · 837 reviews · 93 distinct works

	July's People 3.50 avg rating — 1,504 ratings — published 1981 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Pickup 3.58 avg rating — 1,042 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Burger's Daughter 3.59 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1979 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Conservationist 3.26 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 1974 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The House Gun 3.50 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 1998 — 20 editions	My rating:
	My Son's Story 3.64 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 1990 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Jump and Other Short Stories 3.91 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1900 — 13 editions	My rating:
	None to Accompany Me 3.61 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Telling Tales 3.64 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Sport Of Nature 3.84 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	My rating:

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“What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else.”
― Nadine Gordimer

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“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
― Nadine Gordimer

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“Books dont need batteries”
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