Gordimer Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, African History
- Geographical Location: Scandinavia, Stockholm
- Date: December 10, 1991
Article abstract: Nadine Gordimer, whose fiction depicts South Africa’s racial turmoil, received the Nobel Prize for her achievement as an artist and as a humanitarian.
Summary of Event
After being passed over several times because of disagreement among the Nobel Academy members who make the decision, Nadine Gordimer was named on October 3, 1991, as the year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Interviewed in New York City on the day of the announcement, Gordimer commented: “I had been a possible candidate for so long that I had given up...
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