John Maxwell Coetzee

Biography

John Maxwell Coetzee (J.M. Coetzee) was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1940. Though an opponent of apartheid, Coetzee returned to South Africa after receiving his PhD at the University of Texas in 1969. Coetzee frequently wrote about the effects of colonization. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003.

Birth Date

1940-02-09

Place of Birth

Country of Nationality

South Africa

University of Cape Town, University of Texas, Austin

Sources

"J. M. Coetzee." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 12 October 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-M-Coetzee. Accessed 26 October 2024.