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South Africa woke up this morning to a Google Doodle celebrating the birthday of one of the world’s most beloved authors, Nadine Gordimer.
Gordimer, who passed away in 2014, would have been 92 today, 20 November, 2015.
Read Google’s write-up on the Doodle:
Today’s Doodle features Nobel Prize winning author Nadine Gordimer laboring in her study, where she typically worked from early morning into the late afternoon. A dear friend of Nelson Mandela’s and a powerful voice for change in South African politics, Gordimer moved untold thousands with the pathos of her sparse, penetrating narratives.
In a style befitting Gordimer’s prose, Doodler Lydia Nichols exercised restraint by using only three colors, which she has layered to create texture and subtle variation. Gordimer, who attended just one year of university, died in July of last year. She was once asked how she developed such a sophisticated command of the language in the absence of any formal training. “From reading,” she said. “And living, of course.” Today marks her 92nd birthday.
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- July’s People by Nadine Gordimer
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- Life Times: Stories 1952 – 2007 by Nadine Gordimer
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- Lying Days by Nadine Gordimer
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- Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008 by Nadine Gordimer
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- No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer
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