Nadine Gordimer: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Nadine Gordimer said elsewhere, not written here

Nelson Mandela. The epitome of courage and intelligence.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

Joshua Ferris American author

Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗

Meg Rosoff American novelist

My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

Brenda Blethyn British actress

An old tutor at Guildford School of Acting – Ian Ricketts. He is a wonderfully inspiring man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 April 2012 source ↗

Rick Stein English chef

The Dalai Lama.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2013 source ↗

Camping in the bushveld with my man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2012 source ↗

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