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Gordimer Nadine
Literature, 1991
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Gordimer Nadine

Nadine Gordimer was born in South-Africa in 1923.

Her work, criticizing the south-African racial regime, became appreciated worldwide although it could not be published in her own country.

In 1991 Gordimer received the Nobel prize in literature. The Nobel committee wrote in its decision that, “through her magnificent epic writing, she has been of great benefit to humanity.

fought South-African Apartheid through her dramatic writing.
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