1991 Nobel Prize in Literature | |
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Nadine Gordimer | |
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Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Presented by | Swedish Academy |
First awarded | 1901 |
Website | Official website |
The 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the South African activist and writer Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity."[1] She is the 7th female and first South African recipient of the prize followed by J. M. Coetzee in 2003.[2][3]