Nadine Gordimer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nadine Gordimer
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Nov 20, 1923(1923-11-20)
Age	101
Date Of Death	2014-07-13
Birthplace	Springs
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Scorpio

Nadine Gordimer Biography

Nadine Gordimer is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on November 20, 1923 in Springs, Gauteng, South Africa. She was a well-known South African writer who won the Booker Prize in Literature and was named Nobel Laureate in Literature in 2011. Her most well-known works are The Conservationist, July’s People.

One year later, Octavio Pas was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to her.

Reinhold Cassirer was her second husband. He died in 2001. One child she had with Cassirer, and one with Gerald Gavron, her first husband.

Nadine Gordimer Net Worth

Nadine Gordimer is one of the richest Novelist from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nadine Gordimer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1953, she published her first novel, The Lying Days. She was an active activist for racial equality during the Apartheid era of South Africa.

Her critically-acclaimed works The Pickup, and A Sport of Nature are also well-known.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Nadine Gordimer Dating?

According to our records, Nadine Gordimer married to Reinhold Cassirer , Gerald Gavronsky. As of December 1, 2023, Nadine Gordimer’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Nadine Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Nadine Gordimer celebrates birthday on November 20 of every year.

What is Nadine Gordimer famous for?

Work. Nadine Gordimer’s works include novels, short stories, and essays. During the 1960s and 1970s Gordimer wrote a number of novels set against the backdrop of the emerging resistance movement against apartheid, while the liberated South Africa provides the backdrop for her later works, written in the 1990s.

What is Nadine Gordimer ethnicity?

Gordimer was born into a privileged white middle-class family and began reading at an early age. By the age of 9 she was writing, and she published her first story in a magazine when she was 15.

How did Nadine Gordimer fight apartheid?

Under the harsh apartheid regime, Gordimer hid stowaways, helped people across the border, passed messages, and assisted those trying to evade the police. She worked tirelessly to free Nelson Mendela from prison, and the two maintained a close relationship until his death.

Which book did Nadine Gordimer win the Nobel Prize for?

Gordimer’s latest book “ My Son’s Story ” was published in 1990. Its subject is love in an insupportable society, the complications and obstacles inherent in the path to change. The relationship of the lovers is described with great tenderness. At the same time the unyielding political reality constantly intrudes.

Why were Nadine Gordimer books banned?

Nadine Gordimer Two of her most famous works, Burger’s Daughter (1979) and July’s People (1981) were condemned and banned in her home country for their controversial, anti-governmental themes. Elsewhere, however, Gordimer was met with overwhelming praise, winning the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature among other awards.