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Definition of Nadine Gordimer

1. Noun. South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923).

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1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... 305 Dunwell, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, Transvaal, South Africa). It contains a foreword by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer. ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... can play —James K. Glassman, Atlantic, September 1971 You cannot enter, but you can walk round part of the thick white walls —Nadine Gordimer, Atlantic. ..."

3. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Phillip Dexter (2004)
"To invoke the names of several of the figures who currently dominate its criticism, such as Edward Said, Chinua Achebe, Homi Bhabha, Nadine Gordimer and ..."

4. Media and Democracy in South Africa by Jane Duncan, Mandla Seleoane (1998)
"... to authority it may be.17 Nadine Gordimer was speaking of writers generally, and journalists play that role when they comment on political issues. ..."

5. Black Composers of Southern Africa by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch (1992)
"... two films by Nadine Gordimer, A CHIP OF GLASS RUBY and COUNTRY LOVERS which later went to New York. Performed and arranged music for POPPIE ..."

6. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Nadine Gordimer, 1923- ~ The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mould reality in the light of ..."

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