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Speaking of Stories transforming
short stories from the page to the stage
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NADINE GORDIMER Novelist, essayist, screenwriter, political activist and champion of the disenfranchised, Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs--a small gold-mining town in South Africa in 1923. She attended Convent of Our Lady of Mercy in that town and the University of the Witwatersrand for one year. Ms. Gordimer rose to world fame for her novels and short stories that stunned the literary world and won her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. In addition to her 12 novels, 10 collections of short stories and essays on topics including apartheid and writing, Gordimer’s credits include screenplays for television dramas and the script for the film Frontiers. Winner of 11 literary awards and 14 honorary degrees, her most recent novel is entitled The House Gun and a documentary film entitled Hanging on a Sunrise.
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