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NADINE GORDIMER - Coggle Diagram
NADINE GORDIMER
life
She always lived in South Africa where she strongly opposed apartheid.
Her political ideas led to the banning of some of her novels.
She was born into a white middle-class family in South Africa in 1923.
She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
relationship with South Africa
Gordimer’s fiction dealt with the contradictions of a multi-racial society.
She analysed the relationships between the different-coloured groups of South African society.
She expressed her difficulties as a novelist in a society where 80% of the population was cut off by the colour bar.
the writer's role
She refused to become an exile and campaigned against racism.
She promoted the freedom of speech and the need for tolerance and understanding.
He/She is the spokesperson for his/her time and examine moral truths.
works
She wrote many collections of short stories.
Among her novels are:
"The Conservationist" (1974) won the Booker Prize;
"Burger’s Daughter" (1979) a novel against apartheid;
"The Pickup" (2001);
"Get a Life" (2005) a novel about environmental issues.