Writers in Johannesburg

The atlas holds 6 people and 22 moments here, from 1906 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Nelson Mandela, Nadine Gordimer and Mahatma Gandhi.

Doris Lessing
in 1956
1 moment here
British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Helen Keller
in 1951
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Jimmy Carter
in 2007
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1906
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Nadine Gordimer
from 1946 to 2014
4 moments here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Nelson Mandela
from 1941 to 2013
14 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…