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A Sport of Nature

by Nadine Gordimer

Anisfield-Wolf Book · 1988 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9781408840481

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award – Fiction1988Winner

About the Author

Nadine GordimerSouth African

Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) was a South African writer and political activist renowned for her novels exploring moral and racial issues under apartheid. She achieved international acclaim with her Booker Prize-winning novel The Conservationist (1974) and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991 for her epic writing beneficial to humanity. Her works, including Burger's Daughter and July's People, were frequently banned by the apartheid regime.

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