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Date of Birth
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09-February-1940
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Place of Birth
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Cape Town
(Western Cape, South Africa, City of Cape Town)
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Nationality
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South Africa, Australia
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Also know as
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J.M. Coetzee, J.M.Coetzee, John Maxwell Coetzee, John Maxwell "J. M." Coetzee
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Profession
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Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Linguist, Translator, Literary critic
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John Maxwell "J. M." Coetzee is a South African novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He relocated to Australia in 2002 and lives in Adelaide. He became an Australian citizen in 2006.
In 2013, Richard Poplak of the Daily Maverick described Coetzee as "inarguably the most celebrated and decorated living English-language author". Before receiving the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee was awarded the CNA Prize, the Prix Femina Étranger, The Irish Times International Fiction Prize and the Booker Prize, among other accolades.
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