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NADINE GORDIMER AT WORK

GETTING ESTABLISHED

Given the facts of Gordimer's childhood publishing career, it was not difficult to get started as a writer. Several figures were influential in launching her literary career, first and foremost Amelia Levy, publisher of a magazine run by the Society of Jews and Christians, who encouraged Gordimer in the early stages of her career. (Doris Lessing was another of Levy's protégées.) Then Uys Krige, the Afrikaans poet, suggested that one of her stories should be included in an anthology. Silver Leaf, a small, new publishing house in Johannesburg, brought out the first collection of her stories. The non-literary nature of the society into which this collection was launched is suggested by the account of the publisher's party, in “Amelia's Column” in the Star on 5 September 1949. The column opens with an account of preparations for a ball celebrating the golden jubilee of the famous regiment, the Imperial...

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1. Introduction
2. Chronology
3. About Nadine Gordimer
4. Nadine Gordimer At Work
5. Nadine Gordimer's Era
6. Nadine Gordimer's Works
7. Nadine Gordimer As Studied
8. Further Reading
9. Copyright

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