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African National Congress Founded
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Nadine Gordimer is Born
Nadine Gordimer is born on 11/20/1923, in Springs, South Africa. -
Apartheid Instutionalized
The Afrikaner Party won the 1948 election, and instutionalized it's apartheid policy. -
Gordimer Marries Dr. Gerald Gavron
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Gordimer's Daughter Oriane Born
Oriane was born one year after Gordimer and Gavron married, and she was their only child. -
Gordimer divorces Dr. Gavron
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The Lying Days Published
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Gordimer Marries Reinhold Cassirer
Nadine and Reinhold had a long, "wonderful" marriage. -
Nadine's Son Hugo is Born
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A World of Strangers Published
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A World of Strangers Banned
A World of Strangers was banned for 12 years in South Africa for going against the government.
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Occasion for Loving Published
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The Late Bourgeois World Published
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The Late Bourgeois World
The Late Bourgeois World was banned for ten years for going against the South African government.
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A Guest of Honor Published
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The Conservationist Published
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Burger's Daughter Published
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July's People Published
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Gordimer Testifies at the Delmas Treason Trial
Nadine claims this to be her proudest day, because she was a able to testify on behalf anti-apartheid activists. -
A Sport of Nature Published
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My Son's Story Published
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None to Accompany Me Published
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Nelson Mandela Elected President
Mandela was elected in South Africa's first mult-racial election, and ending apartheid in South Africa. -
The House Gun Published
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The Pickup Published
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Reinhold Cassirer Dies
Cassirer died of emphysema. -
Get A Life Published
Get a Life is Nadine's most recent novel. -
Nadine's House is Burglarized
She refused to give up her wedding ring, and was not seriously injured. Nadine refuses to move into a gated complex. -
Gordimer is Awarded the French Legion of Honor
According to the South African-French Ambassador, “...we also wish to pay tribute to a symbolic figure of the fight against apartheid, that absurd and terrible system that sought, unrealistically to separate races."
