J. M. Coetzee

J. M. Coetzee FRSL OMG
Coetzee in 2023
Born	John Maxwell Coetzee (1940-02-09) 9 February 1940 (age 84) Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Occupation	Novelist essayist screenwriter literary critic linguist translator professor
Language	English, Afrikaans, Dutch
Nationality	South African Australian (since 2006)
Education	University of Cape Town University of Texas at Austin
Notable awards	1983: Booker Prize 1985: Prix Femina étranger 1995: The Irish Times International Fiction Prize 1999: Booker Prize 2003: Nobel Prize in Literature

John Maxwell Coetzee^[a] 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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