Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1991. She is a South African author whose writing deals with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid in South Africa.

In her novels such as ”A Guest of Honour,” ”Burger’s Daughter” and ”My Son’s Story,” Nadine Gordimer has written of the effects of apartheid on the relationships of men and women, parents and children.

She is Vice President of PEN International, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Decorations include Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France, Legion d’Honneur, France and Order of Friendship, Republic of Cuba.