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Quotes from Speech at the Nobel Banquet — Nadine Gordimer

1923–2014 South Africa

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In their global eclecticism they recognize that no single society, no country or continent can presume to create a truly human culture for the world.

Speech at the Nobel Banquet (1991)

Writing is indeed, some kind of affliction in its demands as the most solitary and introspective of occupations.

Speech at the Nobel Banquet (1991)

We must live fully in order to secrete the substance of our work, but we have to work alone.

Speech at the Nobel Banquet (1991)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nadine Gordimer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.