JOHN MAXWELL COETZEE

2003 Nobel Laureate in Literature who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider Background Born: February 9, 1940 Place of birth: Cape Town, South Africa Lastest Residence: Australia Biographical highlights: 1956 - Entered the University of Cape Town (UCT). 1969 - Awarded PhD at the University of Texas. 1983 - Awarded the Booker-McConnell prize (UK) and CNA prize for Life and Times of Michael K 1984 - Appointed Professor of General Literature at UCT. 1990 - Winner of the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award (UK) for Age of Iron 1999 - Awarded the Booker-McConnell prize (UK) for Disgrace 2002 - Moved to Adelaide, Australia where he is affiliated with the University of Adelaide 2003 - Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature Book Store Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee Elizabeth Costello : Eight Lessons Coetzee's latest work In the Heart of the Country Waiting for the Barbarians Life and Times of Michael K The Master of Petersburg Disgrace Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life Autobiography Youth Sequel to Boyhood Age of Iron Other Books by John Maxwell Coetzee Featured Internet Links The Swedish Academy press release Bio and bibliography Search WWW Search The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Links added by Nobel Internet Archive visitors Giving Offense: Coetzee's essays on censorship (submitted by Danny Yee) Landscape with Rowers (submitted by Emily Kline) The Lives of Animals (submitted by Emily Kline) J. M. Coetzee Biographie (submitted by Inga Schnekenburger) JOHN MAXWELL COETZEE (submitted by Andrey) J.M. Coetzee (submitted by Sam) Ganadores del Premio Nobel de Literatura 1960-2003 (submitted by Ande) John Maxwell Coetzee (submitted by Exebent) John Maxwell Coetzee, Premio Nobel de Literatura 2003 (submitted by Sadov) John M. Coetzee – Biography in english (submitted by roman) John M. Coetzee Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com) Disgrace by J.M.Coetzee (submitted by George) J.M. Coetzee South Africa’s reclusive Nobel Laureate. (submitted by Jamie)

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