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Gordimer

American  
[gawr-duh-mer] / ˈgɔr də mər /

noun

  1. Nadine, 1923–2014, South African short-story writer and novelist: Nobel Prize 1991.


Gordimer British  
/ ˈɡɔːdɪmə /

noun

  1. Nadine. born 1923, South African novelist. Her books include The Lying Days (1952), The Conservationist (1974), which won the Booker prize, None to Accompany Me (1994), and The House Gun (1998). Her works were banned in South Africa for their condemnation of apartheid. Nobel prize for literature 1991

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You’ve joined a very elite group of South African winners, including Nadine Gordimer and J.M.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2021

He is the third South African novelist to win the Booker Prize, after Nadine Gordimer and J.M.

From Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2021

Galgut is the third writer from South Africa to win the Booker, following Nadine Gordimer and Coetzee, who has won twice.

From New York Times Nov. 3, 2021

The Booker prize has been split twice before: in 1974, by Nadine Gordimer and Stanley Middleton, and in 1992, by Michael Ondaatje and Barry Unsworth.

From The Guardian Oct. 14, 2019

I read all the unbanned novels of Nadine Gordimer and learned a great deal about the white liberal sensibility.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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