Nadine Gordimer

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Nadine Gordimer, 1991.

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Born	November 20, 1923 • Springs • South Africa
Died	July 13, 2014 (aged 90) • Johannesburg • South Africa
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1991) • Booker Prize (1974)
Notable Works	“Burger’s Daughter” • “Face to Face” • “Get a Life” • “July’s People” • “No Time like the Present” • “The Conservationist” • “The Lying Days”

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Alan Paton

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