Quote by: Nadine Gordimer

... what it really was like to live a life determined by the struggle to be free, as desert dwellers' days are determined by the struggle against thirst and those of dwellers amid snow and ice by the struggle against the numbing of cold.


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Author Bio


  • NameNadine Gordimer
  • DescriptionSouth african writer
  • BornNovember 20, 1923
  • DiedJuly 13, 2014
  • CountrySouth Africa
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Novelist
  • WorksThe Conservationist; Burger's Daughter; July's People; A Sport Of Nature; The Pickup; Get A Life
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Officer Of The Legion Of Honour; Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; WH Smith Literary Award; James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Man Booker Prize; Central News Agency Literary Award; Nelly Sachs Prize; Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards; Rome Prize