Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer (20 November 1923 – 13 July 2014) was a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was known as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".^[1] She was of Jewish descent.

Nadine Gordimer
Gordimer at the Göteborg Book Fair, 2010
Born	(1923-11-20)20 November 1923 Springs, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Died	13 July 2014(2014-07-13) (aged 90) Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Nationality	South African
Period	Apartheid-era South Africa
Genre	Novels, plays
Notable works	The Conservationist, Burger's Daughter, July's People
Notable awards	Booker Prize 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature 1991
Spouse	Gerald Gavron (1949–?; divorced; 1 child) Reinhold Cassirer (1954–2001; his death; 1 child)

Gordimer's writing helped abolishing apartheid in South Africa.^[2] She was active in the anti-apartheid movement, joining the African National Congress during the days when the organization was banned. Later on she was also active in HIV/AIDS causes.

Gordimer was one of 20 Nobel Laureates^[3] who signed the "Stockholm memorandum" at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden on 18 May 2011.^[4]Gordimer was born near Springs, a small town outside of Johannesburg on 20 November 1923.^[5]

Gordimer died on 13 July 2014 at the age of 90.^[6][7]