JOHANESBURG – South African novelist and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, whose work addresses the struggle against apartheid, received France’s Legion of Honour on Saturday at a ceremony in her home country.
“By making you an officer of the Legion of Honour, we also wish to pay tribute to a symbolic figure of the fight against apartheid,” said French ambassador in South Africa Denis Pietton. “Your work, deeply marked by the situation in South Africa, remains universal,” Pietton said.The ceremony took place at the French embassy in Pretoria.Nampa-Sapa”Your work, deeply marked by the situation in South Africa, remains universal,” Pietton said.The ceremony took place at the French embassy in Pretoria.Nampa-Sapa
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