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

My wife, Grace.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Rory Kinnear English actor

My mother. Any child of a single parent, if they are in a relationship when they become a parent, thinks, “How the hell did you do it alone?”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2017 source ↗

Pope Francis. He’s going with the original program. He may not be perfect, but he’s trying.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

Tony Ross British writer of children's books

Sue Townsend, for creating Adrian Mole, her insight into people and for overcoming the problems she's had.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 April 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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