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In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.
Adam Gopnik

Meaning of "Gordimer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GORDIMER

Gordimer  [ˈɡɔːdɪmə] play
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WHAT DOES GORDIMER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was recognized as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity". Gordimer's writing has long dealt with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid in South Africa. Under that regime, works such as July's People were banned. She was active in the anti-apartheid movement, joining the African National Congress during the days when the organization was banned. She has recently been active in HIV/AIDS causes.

Definition of Gordimer in the English dictionary

The definition of Gordimer in the dictionary is Nadine. born 1923, South African novelist. Her books include The Lying Days, The Conservationist, which won the Booker prize, None to Accompany Me, and The House Gun. Her works were banned in South Africa for their condemnation of apartheid. Nobel prize for literature 1991.

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غورديمر
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Гордимер
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gordimer

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Adam Gopnik
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GORDIMER»

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Conversations with Nadine Gordimer
Talks with the prize-winning author of "Beethoven was One-Sixteenth Black and Other Stories, July's People, The Pickup, " and many other books
Nadine Gordimer, Nancy Topping Bazin, Marilyn Dallman Seymour, 1990
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Nadine Gordimer's Burger's Daughter: A Casebook
This casebook includes an interview with and an essay by Nadine Gordimer on the novel, classic and recent critical essays, an introduction discussing biographical and historical contexts and the literary reception, and a bibliography.
Judie Newman, 2003
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No Time Like the Present
The subject is contemporary, but Gordimer's treatment is timeless. In No Time Like the Present, she shows herself once again a master novelist, at the height of her prodigious powers.
Nadine Gordimer, 2012
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Writing and Being
In a collection of lectures, the Nobel Prize-winning South African author speaks about the relationship between her experiences, her country's history, and her fictional creations, and examines the work of novelists Naguib Mahfouz, Chinua ...
Nadine Gordimer, 1995
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My Son's Story
This is a passionate story; love between a man and two women, between father and son, and something even more demanding - a love of freedom.
Nadine Gordimer, 2012
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Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008
The range of this book is staggering, from Gordimer's first piece in The New Yorker in 1954, in which she autobiographically traces her emergence as a brilliant, young writer in a racist country, to her pioneering role in recognising the ...
Nadine Gordimer, 2012
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July's People
For years, it has been what is called a ‘deteriorating situation'.
Nadine Gordimer, 2012
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Burger's Daughter
In this work, Nadine Gordimer unfolds the story of a young woman's slowly evolving identity in the turbulent political environment of present-day South Africa.
Nadine Gordimer, 2012
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Betrayals of the Body Politic: The Literary Commitments of ...
Though the book is not biographical, it explores more fully than any preceding publication Gordimer's attitudes toward feminism and her connections with her Jewish background, thereby expanding our comprehension of her social context.
Andrew V. Ettin, 1993
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Nadine Gordimer
Examines the short stories and five novels of the South African writer and assesses her position in the tradition of Chekhov, Mansfield, Maupassant, and Crane
Robert F. Haugh, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GORDIMER»

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Day in History: Summer rec starts Tee-ball in 1965
Death claimed conductor Lorin Maazel, 84; Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, 90; author Thomas Berger, 89. Today's birthdays: ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
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Today In History: July 13
Death claimed conductor Lorin Maazel, 84; Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, 90; author Thomas Berger, 89. Today's Birthdays: ... «Herald Times Reporter, Jul 15»
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On this day: JFK secures nomination for president
... 2012 Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer; 2013 Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning novelist; 2014 Lorin Maazel, American conductor, ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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Robben Island's guide, Ahmed Kathrada
“I happened to be on Robben Island accompanying Nadine Gordimer when Michelle's parents, recognising me, sent her to me for my ... «News24, Jul 15»
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July 13, 1995: German firms in $3b China deals
... of the loser started a riot. 2014 - South African Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer dies at the age of 90. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
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BOOK REVIEW: JM Coetzee and the Life Of Writing
Whereas Nadine Gordimer, in her review of Life and Times of ... Unlike Gordimer, Coetzee's position is "more psychological than political". «BDlive, Jul 15»
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This day in history, July 13, 2015
Death claimed conductor Lorin Maazel, 84; Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, 90; author Thomas Berger, 89. Today's birthdays:. «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jul 15»
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Volunteers free entangled whale
SAWDN volunteers responded aboard the National Sea Rescue Institute's Hout Bay's sea rescue craft Nadine Gordimer and Albie Matthews. «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Danilo Kiš The Encyclopedia of the Dead
... admirers included fellow scribes Joseph Brodsky, Susan Sontag, Milan Kundera, Philip Roth, Nadine Gordimer and Salman Rushdie. «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
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To make hope and history rhyme, listen
What does this mean for thinking and executing transformation; or, as the great novelist Nadine Gordimer would have it, “making hope and ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»

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