Nadine Gordimer is a South African novelist and writer.
She was first recognized internationally with the W. H. Smith Commonwealth Literary Award (England) in 1961, followed by the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (England) in 1972. In 1974 she won the Booker Prize for her novel “The Conservationist”. She has also been recognized in South Africa with the CNA Prize (1974, 1975, 1980); in France with the Grand Aigle d’Or (1975); in Scotland with the Scottish Arts Council Neil M. Gunn Fellowship (1981); in the United States with the Modern Language Association Award (1982) and the Bennett Award (1987); in Italy with the Premio Malaparte (1985); in Germany with the Nelly Sachs Prize (1986). She refused to accept “shortlisting” in 1988 for the Orange Prize, because it is an award that recognizes only women writers. Her international recognition culminated with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
A founding member of the Congress of South African Writers, Gordimer has been awarded numerous honorary degrees (the first being Doctor Honoris Causa at Leuven University in Belgium), as well as France’s Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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