South African Women Writers - Angela Makholwa, Antoinette Pienaar, Babette Brown, Beverley Naidoo, Cecily Norden, Colleen Higgs, Crystal Warren, Dal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Angela Makholwa, Antoinette Pienaar, Babette Brown, Beverley Naidoo, Cecily Norden, Colleen Higgs, Crystal Warren, Dalene Matthee, Daphne Rooke, Diana E. H. Russell, Diane Awerbuck, Elaine Proctor, Elizabeth Klarer, Ellen Kuzwayo, Elsa Joubert, Elsa Pooley, Emma Huismans, Essie Honiball, Fatima Meer, Gcina Mhlope, Gillian Slovo, Hazel Crane, Heidi Holland, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Ingrid de Kok, Ingrid Jonker, Isobel Dixon, Jane Taylor (South Africa), Johanna Brandt, Joy Packer, Kirsten Miller (South African writer), Lauren Liebenberg, Leonie Joubert, Lettie Viljoen, Lindsey Collen, Lisa Fugard, Lynn Freed, Margaret Bakkes, Margaret Wild, Marguerite Poland, Marianne du Toit, Marie Warder, Marike de Klerk, Mary Anne Fitzgerald, Mary Morison Webster, Mary Watson (author), Michelle McGrane, Nadia Davids, Nadine Gordimer, Natasha Mostert, Olive Schreiner, Pamela Jooste, Patricia Fresen, Patricia Schonstein, Pauline Smith, Rachel Zadok, Rona Rupert, Rose Moss, Rose Zwi, Rozena Maart, S.A. Partridge, Sarah Millin, Shereen Usdin, Sindiwe Magona, Sorita d'Este, Stacy Hardy, Wendy Wood, Zoe Wicomb, Zukiswa Wanner. Excerpt: Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity." Gordimer's writing has long dealt with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid in South Africa. Under that regime, works such as July's People were banned. She was active in the anti-apartheid movement, joining the African National Congress during the days when the organization was banned. She has recently been active in HIV/AIDS causes. Gordimer was born near Springs, Gauteng, an East Rand mining town...