Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer Grade Level:  9-12 Published by the time she was fifteen and routinely contributing to local magazines in her twenties, South African author Nadine Gordimer has, since completing her education, dedicated herself to her writing. Her work, which has often taken as its theme apartheid and the psychological and moral conflicts experienced by South Africans, includes the short story collections A Soldier's Embrace and Loot. This Contemporary Writers entry features a photograph and biography of Gordimer, as well as a cogent survey of the Nobel Laureate's work: "Critical Perspective" appears beneath the lists of the Gordimer's works and awards. Topic: South African literature (English) URL: http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth03D25I553012635618 Interview: Nobel Laureate, Nadine Gordimer Grade Level:  9-12 At the age of eighty-four, seventy years after publishing her first short story, Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer was poised to publish her eighteenth volume of fiction. In an interview with the Independent, the aging but active South African writer reflected on her career, her South African roots, and her friendship with Gunter Grass, among other topics. The occasion of the interview was Gordimer's work as one of three judges serving on the second Man Booker International Prize panel. A Booker Prize winner herself, Gordimer reread many of the nominees' works in preparation. Topic: South African literature (English) URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/interview-nobel-laureate-nadine-gordimer-450186.html Nadine Gordimer b. 1923 Grade Level:  9-12 In 1998, Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer was the subject of a BBC Four interview. The South African writer discussed her childhood and her abiding affection for the library, her fascination with the ordinary, the role racial segregation has played in her work, the changes in the subjects of South African fiction following the fall of apartheid, and the cultural significance of South Africa, among other subjects. This entry features approximately thirteen minutes of audio clips from that compelling interview. Topic: South African literature (English) URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/gordimern1.shtml Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience Grade Level:  9-12 In this article for the Nobel Foundation, Per Wastberg maintains that Nadine Gordimer's work represents "a profoundly psychological and social chronicle of half a century in South Africa." Indeed, Gordimer, whose career began when she was fifteen years old, managed to maintain her narrative integrity even as she was ardently anti-apartheid. As Wastberg points out, the Nobel laureate showed the world the complex and human faces of racism. Several photographs complement this fascinating look at the writer's personal and professional achievements. Topic: South African literature (English) URL: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/articles/wastberg/index.html The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 Grade Level:  9-12 With the consequences of apartheid as its central theme, the work of South African author Nadine Gordimer earned her the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. Born in 1923, Gordimer began to write when she was just nine years old; her first short story was published when she was only fifteen. This entry from the Nobel Foundation includes such resources as the press release announcing Gordimer's honor (see the "Biobibliographical note" appended to this page), a biography and photograph, and the text of the author's acceptance speech. Use the menu in the sidebar to navigate this site. Topic: South African literature (English) URL: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1991/ World literature in English Grade Level:  9-12 This web site provides viewers with insight, examples, and author perspectives on anglophone literature. This type of literature is quite simply literature written in English; but the term is used in this context to refer to literature written outside of Great Britain and America. My web site concentrates primarily on literature of West and South Africa, India, and the Caribbean. Read the works of Wole Solinka, Derek Walcott, and Nadine Gordimer. Topic: Authors, African URL: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/index.html