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J. M. Coetzee
Writing Waiting for the Barbarians and the Booker-winning novels Life & Times of Michael K and Disgrace.
Waiting for the Barbarians · Life & Times of Michael K
- Born
- 9 February 1940
- Birthplace
- Cape Town, South Africa
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J. M. Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee is a South African-born novelist whose restrained prose examines power, vulnerability and moral responsibility.
Early life
Cape upbringing
Grew up in South Africa.
University
Studied English and mathematics at the University of Cape Town.
Career
- 1960s
Programming and study
Worked in Britain before doctoral study in the United States.
- 1970s
Teaching and fiction
Returned to Cape Town and published his first novel.
- 2003
Nobel Prize
Received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Selected work
Waiting for the Barbarians
Explored violence at an imperial frontier.
Life & Times of Michael K
Followed a man seeking autonomy during war.
Disgrace
Examined power and shame in post-apartheid South Africa.
Beyond work
Australia
Moved to Adelaide in 2002.
Animal ethics
Explored human treatment of animals in essays and fiction.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize biography and award ↗Photo: Laterthanyouthink. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
