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Nadine Gordimer pleads for Burma

South African author Nadine Gordimer has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to add her voice to protests against the military junta in Burma.

  • Staff Reporter
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Nadine Gordimer awarded Legion of Honour

Nobel laureate for literature Nadine Gordimer has become one of just a few South Africans to receive France’s highest award, the Legion of Honour.

  • Sapa Ap
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Gordimer tells of sorrow for men who robbed her

As thieves grabbed author Nadine Gordimer and her 66-year-old domestic worker she was overcome more by sympathy than fear.

  • Guardian Reporter
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Gordimer’s people

Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer talks to Rory Carroll about writing at 80, cheeky questions and mixed-race couples in the park.

  • Rory Carroll
7 min read
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Gordimer accused of censorship

South African author Nadine Gordimer has been accused of censorship and hypocrisy by killing what would be the first biography about her.

  • Guardian Reporter
5 min read
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Gordimer and the refugees

The Ultimate Safari is a short story by Nadine Gordimer, describing the trek of a Mozambican family through the Kruger Park to get to South Africa.

  • Mg Reporter
3 min read
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Actually, the censors were right about Gordimer

Gordimer is not an appropriate author to inflict upon learners. Not because she is racist: she is boring and pretentious.

  • Khulani Qoma
11 min read
25 YEARS AGO

Let’s break our habit of violence with just laws

Violence is a way of life in South Africa. And to end this tragic habit this country needs material justice before we can live in peace.

  • Nadine Gordimer
7 min read