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Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for literature is shown at her publisher's office in New York Thursday, Oct. 3, 1991. Gordimer, 67, the first woman in 25 years to win the prize, is a South African novelist whose anti-Apartheid works were once denounced by the white-minority government in her homeland. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey) ( NADINE GORDIMER )

In this Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 file photo South African writer and Nobel Literature laureate Nadine Gordimer, delivers a speech titled "The Inward Testimony" in Calcutta, India. Gordimer died in her sleep in Johannesburg, Sunday July 13, 2014, aged 90. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File) ( South Africa Gordimer Obit )

Former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, receives the Ambassador of Conscience Award from Nobel Prize winning-author Nadine Gordimer, left, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. Gordimer described Mandela as one of the greatest men of the 20 century and a man who through his leadership and dedication to justice and equality had put morality back into government. "Like Amnesty International, I have struggled for justice and human rights for long years," said Mandela when he accepted the award. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ( SOUTH AFRICA MANDELA AMNESTY )

Nadine Gordimer, a South African writer and recent Nobel Laureate, speaks Monday, Oct. 8, 1991 in an interview during a two-day visit to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. Gordimer was named winner of the prize on Oct. 3 and is the first woman in gain the Nobel Prize for Literature in 25 years. (AP Photo/Lisa Bul) ( NADINE GORDIMER )

South African writer and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, adjusts her glasses before delivering a speech titled "The Inward Testimony" in Calcutta, India, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. Gordimer,is in India on an invitation from the public diplomacy division of the Indian ministry of external affairs.(AP Photo/Bikas Das) ( India Nadine Gordimer )

South African author Nadine Gordimer poses following an interview in New York Nov. 13, 1990. ( AP Photo/Wyatt Counts)

South African writer and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, right, talks to Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee,prior to delivering a speech in Calcutta, India, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. Gordimer,is in India on an invitation from the public diplomacy division of the Indian ministry of external affairs. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ( India Nadine Gordimer )

South African author Nadine Gordimer , 5. Nov. 2003 in Muenchen. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein) ( DEU BY KULTUR BUCHPREIS )

German writer Guenter Grass, right, South-African writer and nobel prize winner Nadine Gordimer, left, in Hamburg on October 13, 1997 on occasion of a birthday party for 70-year-old Grass. Grass receives the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Nobel prize committee announced on Thursday, September 30, 1999, in Stockholm, Sweden. The prize, 1.8 million marks (980.000 dlrs) will be presented on December 10, 1999 in Stockholm. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) ( GRASS NOBELPREIS )

South African author Nadine Gordimer addresses a panel session on AIDS during the Annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005. Top business leaders, heads of states from around the world and NGOs gather here until Sunday. (AP Photo/Keystone, Yoshiko Kusano) ( SWITZERLAND WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM )

Mexican writer Carlos Monsivais, second left, smiles as he is greeted by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago, left, of Portugal, Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez, second right and South Africa's Nadine Gordimer, far-right,during the opening ceremony of the Guadalajara International Book Fair at Guadalajara's Expo Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, in Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias) ( MEXICO BOOK FAIR )

Members of the jury of the Cannes Films Festival pose for photographers on the first day of the festival on Wednesday, May 17, 1995. From left: French producer Michele Ray-Gavras, French actor Jean-Claude-Brialy, jury president Jeanne Moreau of France waving, French director of photography Philippe Rousselot, South African novelist Nadine Gordimer and Russian script writer Maria Zvereva right. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) ( 1995 Jury of Cannes Films Festival )

German writer Guenter Grass, right, South-African writer and nobel prize winner Nadine Gordimer and British writer Salman Rushdie meet in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday, October 13, 1997 on the occasion of a birthday party for 70-year-old Grass. Rushdie showed up as a surprise guest for Guenter Grass. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) ( GERMANY RUSHDIE GORDIMER GRASS )

Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, of South Africa, smiles as she listens to a question during a news conference on the Guadalajara International Book Fair at Guadalajara's Expo, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006, in Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias) ( MEXICO BOOK FAIR )

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, Nobel Priize winning author Nadine Gordimer, arrives for the South African premier of the movie "Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom" in Johannesburg. Gordimer died peacefully in her sleep Sunday, July 13, 2014 aged 90, her family said Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) ( South Africa Gordimer Obit )

CUS actor Danny Glover (C) shares a light moment with Deputy President Thabo Mbeki (R) and South African author Nadine Gordimer at the Deputy President's residence in Cape Town 21 July. Glover is on his first mission as Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and has visited UNDP projects during his brief visit to the country. Nadine Gordimer was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador of the UNDP yesterday. (ANNA ZIEMINSKI/AFP/Getty Images) ( SAPA980721697130 )

Novelist Nadine Gordimer at a Savoy literary luncheon, holding a cheque from booksellers W H Smith for £1,000. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) ( 98l/43/huty/12869/06 )

(L to R) 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mohammed Yunus, Queen Noor of Jordan, writer Dominique Lapierre and wife Dominique, South African author Nadine Gordimer, Clara Mendez and Pedro Alonso attend the 2008 Save The Children Awards at the "Circulo Bellas Artes" on October 6, 2008 in Madrid, Spain (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images) ( 83144017CA033_Save_The_Chil )

South African writer Nadine Gordimer (L) and Queen Noor of Jordan (R) attend the 2008 Save The Children Awards at the "Circulo Bellas Artes" on October 6, 2008 in Madrid, Spain (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images) ( 83144017CA031_Save_The_Chil )

1991 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Nadine Gordimer signs The Stockholm Memorandum during the third Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on May 18, 2011. In addition to the Nobel laureates, leading scientists and environmental research group heads were on site to draft a Stockholm Memorandum on the findings of the meeting, which will be to the United High-level Panel on Global Sustainability. The panel will draw up a report with suggestions before the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images) ( Par6277953 )