The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991
Awarded on: 1991-10-03
"who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity"
Nadine Gordimer
Born: 1923-11-20 in Springs, South Africa
Gender: female
Field: South African writer (1923–2014)
Biography
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity".