Nadine Gordimer

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/nadine-gordimer

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1. When was Nadine Gordimer born?November 20, 1923
2. Where was Nadine Gordimer born?Springs, Transvaal, South Africa
3. When did Nadine Gordimer die?July 13, 2014 (age 90)
4. What is the career?Novelist, short story writer, essayist, and political activist

Apartheid: A system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994, which Gordimer's work critically exposed.
Nobel Prize in Literature: The highest international honor awarded annually for outstanding literary achievements, recognizing Gordimer's profound impact on global literature.
Booker Prize: A prestigious British literary award for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland, awarded to Gordimer for 'The Conservationist'.
African National Congress (ANC): A major South African political party that historically fought against apartheid and has governed the country since 1994.