J. M. Coetzee
John Maxwell Coetzee in modern
Afrikaans, Coetzee himself pronounces it . Consequently, the
BBC recommends the English approximation based on his pronunciation.}}
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. His most recently published book is ''
The Pole and Other Stories'' (2023).
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