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Nadine Gordimer Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at March 28, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Nadine Gordimer Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Nadine Gordimer Facts

Full NameNadine Gordimer
BirthdateNovember 20, 1923
Birth PlaceSouth Africa
Age (in 2024)100 Years Old
ZodiacScorpio
OccupationNovelist

Nadine Gordimer Age & Birthday

Nadine Gordimer is best known as Novelist who has born on November 20, 1923 in South Africa. Currently, Nadine Gordimer is 100 years, 4 months and 8 days old. Nadine Gordimer will celebrate 101st birthday on Wednesday, 20th of November 2024. Below the countdown to Nadine Gordimer upcoming birthday.

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Nadine Gordimer Biography

About

An acclaimed South African writer, she won the Booker Prize and became a Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1991. Her best-known works include The Conservationist and July's People.

Before Fame

She published her first novel, The Lying Days, in 1953. During the Apartheid era in South Africa, she was a prominent activist for racial equality.

Trivia

She is also known for the the critically-acclaimed works, The Pickup and A Sport of Nature.

Family Life

Her second husband, Reinhold Cassirer, passed away in 2001. She had one child with Cassirer and another with her first husband, Gerald Gavron.

Associated With

She earned the Nobel Prize in Literature a year after Octavio Paz received the same honor.

Top Asked Questions about Nadine Gordimer

How old is Nadine Gordimer in 2024?

Nadine Gordimer is 100 years old today.

When was Nadine Gordimer born?

Nadine Gordimer was born on November 20, 1923 in South Africa.

What is Nadine Gordimer zodiac sign?

Nadine Gordimer zodiac sign is Scorpio.

What was Nadine Gordimer best known for?

Nadine Gordimer was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Nadine Gordimer's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Nadine Gordimer's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

  • Nadine Gordimer was born on Tuesday, 324th day / 47th week of 1923
  • Nadine Gordimer has Scorpio zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Nadine Gordimer birthday is XX.XI.MCMXXIII
  • Nadine Gordimer's birthstone is Topaz
  • Nadine Gordimer's birth flower is Chrysanthemum that symbolize cheerfulness, friendship & abundance
  • Nadine Gordimer age in year is 100 years old
  • Nadine Gordimer age in month is 1204 months old
  • Nadine Gordimer age in day is 36654 days old
  • Nadine Gordimer age in hour is 879696 hours old
  • Nadine Gordimer age in minute is 52781760 minutes old
  • Nadine Gordimer age in second is 3166905600 seconds old
  • Next Nadine Gordimer birthday is on Thursday, November 20th 2025
  • Nadine Gordimer age in next birthday (2025) is 101 years old
  • Learn more interesting facts about November 20, 1923 birthday

Historical Events on Nadine Gordimer Birthday (November 20)

Below are historical events that coincided with Nadine Gordimer's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

YearEvent
1980Lake Peigneur in Louisiana drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.
1985Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft, is released.
1989Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia, swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
1990Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
1991An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.
1992In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
1993Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
1993Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs when Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Ohrid, killing all 116 people on board.
1994The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
1996A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
1998A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
1998The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
2003After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
2015Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali.
2022The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament will be held in the Middle East.
1993The birth of Junior Paulo, New Zealand rugby league player
1993The birth of Sanjin Prcić, Bosnian footballer
1993The birth of Anna Prugova, Russian ice hockey player
1994The birth of Timothy Kitum, Kenyan middle-distance runner
1995The birth of Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan athlete
1995The birth of Iván Garcia, Spanish cyclist
1995The birth of Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungarian short track speed skater
1995The birth of Kyle Snyder, American wrestler
1996The birth of Jack Harrison, English professional footballer
1996The birth of Blaž Janc, Slovenian handballer
1996The birth of Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer
1997The birth of Levi Garcia, Trinidadian footballer
2000The birth of Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter
2001The birth of Caty McNally, American tennis player
2002The birth of Madisyn Shipman, American actress
2013The death of Sylvia Browne, American author (b. 1936)
2013The death of Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2014The death of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (b. 1926)
2015The death of Keith Michell, Australian actor (b. 1926)
2015The death of Jim Perry, American-Canadian singer and game show host (b. 1933)
2015The death of Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (b. 1953)
2016The death of Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)
2016The death of Gene Guarilia, American basketball player (b. 1937)
2016The death of Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek statesman (b. 1926)
2016The death of William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1928)
2017The death of Peter Berling, German actor, film producer and writer (b. 1934)
2018The death of James H. Billington, 13th Librarian of Congress (b. 1929)
2018The death of Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2019The death of Wataru Misaka, American basketball player (b. 1923)
2020The death of Jan Morris, Welsh historian, author and travel writer (b. 1926)

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