- Won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1991.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 131, pages 180-190. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995
- Author of successful novels such as "The Lying Day" (1953), "The Conservationist" (1974) or "The Pickup" (2001). Most of her books deal with the political and moral situation in her home country South Africa.
- Was robbed by three men in her home in Johannesburg (26 October 2006).
- Won the Booker Prize in 1974.
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