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Nadine Gordimer: books and prizes

Nadine Gordimer was a South African novelist and short story writer who lived and worked in Johannesburg from 1948. She was active in the anti-apartheid movement, and the apartheid government banned several of her books. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991.¹

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1949Face to Face²short stories
2. 1952The Soft Voice of the Serpent and Other Stories²short stories
3. 1953The Lying Days²novel
4. 1958A World of Strangers²novel
5. 1963Occasion for Loving²novel
6. 1966The Late Bourgeois World²novel
7. 1971A Guest of Honour²novel
8. 1974The Conservationist^2,1,3novel
9. 1979Burger's Daughter²novel
10. 1981July's People²novel
11. 1987A Sport of Nature²novel
12. 1988The Essential Gesture²essays
13. 1990My Son's Story²novel
14. 1994None to Accompany Me²novel
15. 1998The House Gun²novel
16. 2001The Pickup²novel
17. 2005Get a Life²novel
18. 2012No Time Like the Present²novel

Prizes

1. 1974Booker Prize³For The Conservationist
2. 1991Nobel Prize in Literature¹For Body of work

Sources

1. Nobel Prize Outreach, Nadine Gordimer, Facts, Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Nobel Prize Outreach, Nadine Gordimer, Bibliography, Nobel Prize in Literature 1991 (accessed 2026-10-28)
3. The Booker Prizes, The Conservationist, The Booker Prizes (accessed 2026-10-28)