Nov 20, 2015
Nadine Gordimer’s 92nd Birthday
Today's Doodle features Nobel Prize winning author Nadine
Gordimer laboring in her study, where she typically worked from early
morning into the late afternoon. A dear friend of Nelson Mandela’s and a
powerful voice for change in South African politics, Gordimer moved
untold thousands with the pathos of her sparse, penetrating narratives.
In a style befitting Gordimer’s prose, Doodler Lydia Nichols
exercised restraint by using only three colors, which she has layered to
create texture and subtle variation. Gordimer, who attended just one
year of university, died in July of last year.
She was once asked how
she developed such a sophisticated command of the language in the
absence of any formal training. “From reading,” she said. “And living,
of course.”
Today marks her 92nd birthday.
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