J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize in Literature, 2003

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John Maxwell Coetzee

Current Location:: Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Birthplace: Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Son of Zacharias ''Jack/Zach'' Coetzee and Vera Hildred Marie Wehmeyer
Husband of Private
Ex-husband of Private
Partner of Private
Father of Nicolas Coetzee and Private
Brother of David Keith Coetzee

Occupation: Author and academic from South Africa
Managed by: Sharon Doubell
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About J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize in Literature, 2003

John Maxwell Coetzee FRSL OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates.
Coetzee moved to Australia in 2002 and became an Australian citizen in 2006. He lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He is patron of the J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice at the University of Adelaide.

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1940
February 9, 1940
Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1966
1966
South Africa