Gordimer was born on120 October in Springs village, a small town near Johannesburg. She is a descendant of Jewish immigrants, her mother is English and her father is a jeweler from the Baltic countries. The golden family life created gordimer's infinite longing and reverie.
At the age of six, she stroked and stared at her slender and soft body, dreaming of becoming a ballet dancer. She learned from the theater that the stage career can best express people's cultivation and thoughts and feelings, and maybe this is the career she pursues.
So, on a rainy Saturday, she signed up to join the small ballet company, which backfired. Because of her weak constitution, she can't adapt to the dance of big activities, and there are some minor illnesses and disasters that plague her from time to time. Over time, gordimer Jr. was forced to give up the pursuit of this cause.
With regret, this stubborn woman secretly vowed that all roads lead to Rome and she would eventually find her own way to success.
However, instead of giving her a chance, fate pushed her into an abyss of more and more pain. At the age of 8, she dropped out of school because of illness, which interrupted her childhood studies. At night, she often waits for dawn with helpless tears. She has to sit in bed reading all day.
On a sunny summer day, gordimer, who was upset and very lonely, secretly took to the streets. She wants to get some happiness from the busy street. Suddenly, she was attracted by a modest wooden sign and refused to leave for a long time: "Spring Library!" " "She was ecstatic. She has read the textbook well, and what she craves most is books.
Then she plunged into the library and soaked in books all day. The library bell rang, but she got under the table and didn't come out until the library door was locked. In this free kingdom, she enjoys and greedily sucks the nutrition of knowledge. Countless days and nights made her interested in literature.
Perhaps there is an excess of "nutrients", and she often feels that there is a spring in her heart. Finally, her tender little hand picked up the pen, and a fountain of emotion flowed on the white paper. That year, she was just 9 years old and her literary career began.
Surprisingly, at the age of 15, her first novel was published in a local literary magazine. However, people who don't know her don't know that the novel was written by a young girl.
1953, gordimer's first novel The Day of Lying came out. Beautiful style and profound ideological connotation caused a sensation in the literary world at that time. Almost at the same time, the world literary world turned its attention to this extraordinary female writer-nadine gordimer.
Like a stiff horse, gordimer's creation is out of control. During her long creative career, she wrote 10 novels and more than 200 short stories. Productivity and excellent quality have won her awards again and again: in 196 1, her footprint on Friday won the British Smith Award; 1974, she won the British literature prize unexpectedly.
The golden season of creation made gordimer more diligent. She said, "I want to soak my pen with my heart and blood and eulogize the life of black people." Enthusiasm soon paid off. As soon as her Pursuit of Dignity was published, it became a famous work and attracted the attention of the literary circles of Swedish Academy.
Then, her representative works, The Declining Bourgeois World, The World of Strangers, The Guest of Honor, etc., easily impacted the competition circle selected by Nobel Prize in Literature.
However, just as she was sailing through the wind and waves, a wave accompanied by a whirlpool made her suffer several setbacks-the Swedish Academy Literature Award nominated her as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature for many times, but failed to get her wish for various reasons. Faced with the blow, the weak woman was disappointed. She solemnly wrote "nadine gordimer, Nobel Prize in Literature" on the title page of the book, and then wrote the word "failure" in brackets. However, the temporary disappointment did not affect her pursuit of career. She never relaxed her literary creation for a moment. Finally, she broke a path to success from the thorns.
We should strive to seek and realize the greatest value of life. In the predicament, you need to find your enthusiasm, correct your attitude towards life, and turn today's setbacks into the driving force for tomorrow's success.
A donkey fell into a dry well.
One day, a farmer's donkey accidentally fell into a dry well. The farmer racked his brains to find a way to save the donkey, but several hours later, the donkey was still whining in the well.
Finally, the farmer decided to give up. He thinks the donkey is too old to save it, but the well must be filled in anyway.
So the farmer invited his neighbor to help him bury the donkey in the well to avoid its pain. The farmer's neighbor, with a shovel in his hand, began to shovel dirt into the dry well. When the donkey realized his situation, it began to cry in pain.
But surprisingly, the donkey was quiet for a while.
The farmer looked curiously at the bottom of the well. He was stunned by what he saw: when the mud shoveled into the well fell on the donkey's back, the donkey's reaction was amazing-it shook off the mud and stood on the shoveled pile!
In this way, the donkey shook off all the dirt that everyone shoveled on it at the bottom of the well and stood up. Soon, the donkey proudly rose to the wellhead, and then ran away with everyone's surprised expression!
We don't have to be afraid or avoid difficulties. But to face them with a positive attitude and make yourself stronger in the process of conquering them.
An old man who was once trapped in the dark.
There was a rich Jew who lost all his money in a big enterprise and was heavily in debt. He sold his house and car and paid off his debts.
At the moment, he is alone, childless and poor, with only a beloved hunting dog and a book beside him. On a snowy night, he came to a remote village and found a sheltered place. He saw an oil lamp in it, so he lit the oil lamp with the only match left on him and took out his book to read. But a gust of wind suddenly blew out the lights, and it was dark all around. The lonely old man fell into darkness. He felt so desperate about life that he even thought of ending his own life. However, the hounds standing beside him gave him some comfort, and he fell asleep with a sigh.
When he woke up the next day, he suddenly found that his beloved hunting dog was also killed outside the door. Stroking the hound, he suddenly decided to end his life. There is nothing in the world. So, he finally glanced around. At this time, he couldn't help but find that the whole village was in a terrible silence. He couldn't help rushing forward. Oh, that's terrible. Bodies, bodies everywhere, chaos. Obviously, the village was ransacked by bandits last night, leaving no survivors.
Seeing this terrible scene, the old man's brain turned sharply, ah! I am the only one who survived here, and I must be strong. At this moment, a red sun Ran Ran rises and shines around. The old man thought happily: I am the only survivor in this world, and I have no reason not to cherish myself. Although I lost my beloved hunting dog, I got my life, which is the most precious thing in life.
With a firm belief, the old man set out again in the bright sunshine.
In life, everyone will inevitably suffer disasters. As long as we adjust our mentality, we can also find favorable factors in setbacks and encourage ourselves to persevere towards tomorrow.