Nadine Gordimer
Biography of Nadine Gordimer "Nothing is as true as my fiction" -- Interview in The Guardian, April 2001. ... Nadine Gordimer was born November 20, 1923, in Springs, South Africa. ... Her father, Isidore Gordimer, was a Jewish jeweler who had emigrated from Lithuania, a small country in Europe north of Poland. Her mother, Nan Myers Gordimer, was an Englishwoman. ... Merely because she was white, Gordimer led what was considered a privileged childhood and young adulthood in the protected environment which surrounded the white minority. ... Gordimer began writing at the age of nine; her first short story was published at 14. ... Few South African writers hold the international reputation that does Nadine Gordimer. ... ) Gordimer’s formal education was limited. ... Gordimer chose a non-traditional road to travel.