Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Nadine Gordimer across 4 places, from 1948 to 2008.
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Nadine Gordimer (20 November 1923 to 13 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Nadine Gordimer was documented, and when
1948year
Johannesburgattested“She did not complete her degree, but moved to Johannesburg in 1948, where she lived thereafter.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
1953 to 1985period
Johannesburgattested“In 1985, writing in The New York Times, Joseph Lelyveld observed that whilst she achieved great acclaim overseas, reactions to her work in her native South Africa were "mixed": Gordimer herself reflected on this: Her first published nove…”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
1953 to 1985period
New Yorkattested“In 1985, writing in The New York Times, Joseph Lelyveld observed that whilst she achieved great acclaim overseas, reactions to her work in her native South Africa were "mixed": Gordimer herself reflected on this: Her first published nove…”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
1955year
New Yorkattested“Their son, Hugo, was born in 1955, and is a filmmaker in New York, with whom Gordimer collaborated on at least two documentaries.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
2006year
Massey Collegeattested“Gordimer also taught at the Massey College of the University of Toronto as a lecturer in 2006.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
2008year
Israelattested“To say otherwise is to concede too much." In 2008, Gordimer defended her decision to attend a Jerusalem Writers Conference in Israel.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
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1982year
New Yorkmentioned“"City Lovers" was presented at the New York Film Festival in 1982.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
1983year
Londonmentioned“According to Wade: "The story's ending indicates that Gordimer has not yet broken through the wool-and-iron barriers of confusion and conflict aroused by the question of her Jewish identity." In 1983, she published "Letter from His Fathe…”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
1983year
New York Citymentioned“All seven films were released as "The Gordimer Stories" at the Film Forum in New York City in 1983.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
1983year
New Yorkmentioned“All seven films were released as "The Gordimer Stories" at the Film Forum in New York City in 1983.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
2005year
United Statesmentioned“For instance, in 2005, when Fidel Castro fell ill, Gordimer joined six other Nobel prize winners in a public letter to the United States warning it not to seek to destabilise Cuba's communist government.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
2009year
Cape Townmentioned“George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa (2009) * Order of the Aztec Eagle In 1962, a Danish film adaptation of Gordimer's novel A World of Strangers, was released under the title Dilemma by Danish film director, Henning Carlsen, an…”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
2012year
New Yorkmentioned“She was a vocal critic of the ANC government's Protection of State Information Bill, publishing a lengthy condemnation in The New York Review of Books in 2012.”source: Wikipedia: Nadine Gordimer
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