Nadine Gordimer is shown with fellow members of the jury at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. From left are British producer Norma Heyman, French actor Jean-Claude Brialy, French actress Jeanne Moreau, French cinematographer Philippe Rousselot, Gordimer and Russian script writer Maria Zvereva. (Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)
British writer Salman Rushdie, left, South African writer Nadine Gordimer and German writer Gunter Grass meet in Hamburg, Germany, in 1997 for a birthday party for Grass. (Christof Stache / Associated Press)
