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Born Nov 20, 1923 · Springs, South Africa
Active 1962–2014 · Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, WH Smith Literary Award, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Booker Prize, Central News Agency Literary Award, Nelly Sachs Prize
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".