Reflecting on the life and work of Nadine Gordimer, most famously known for her humanistic portrayal of the effects of apartheid, we present a personal reading and video interview featuring the Nobel laureate.
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In this excerpt from a speech she delivered on March 14, Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer warns that South Africa’s Protection of State Information Bill will return the country to an equivalent of apartheid-era limits on free speech.
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In the past 20 years, 12 of the 21 Nobel Literature Prize winners have been imprisoned, exiled from their home country, or written books that were later banned. Several works by American novelist Toni Morrison appear on the banned books list.
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