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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985
Coetzee, John Maxwell ' -J. M. '
Biography
South Africa
Birth date: 1940-02-09
Birth location:
Cape Town,
South Africa
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.
Education
- University of Cape Town
- University of Texas, Austin
News Items (64)
- South African wins Booker prize (1983-10-27) | Poet
- Uprooting the malignat fictions (1988-09-23) | Poet
- Triumph of a one-man truth commission (2003-10-05) | Writer
- An astonishing first novel (1977-06-12) | Writer
- On the edge of the Empire (1980-11-23) | Writer
- A harsh voice crying in the wilderness (1983-01-23) | Writer
- Novels of the year wait for judgment (1983-09-25) | Author
- Taking in the view from the dark verandah (1983-09-25) | Author
- Literary quiz (1983-10-02) | Author
- Paperbacks (1983-10-30) | Author
- Bestsellers (1983-11-06) | Author
- Bestsellers (1983-11-13) | Author
- The Sunday Times Weekly Guide (1983-12-04) | Author
- Student Drama Festival (1983-12-11) | Author
- Best Sellers (1983-12-18) | Author
- Bestsellers (1984-01-08) | Author
- Paperbacks (1985-02-03) | Author
- Penguin Books (1988-02-28) | Author
- Robert Burchfield examines a deliciously daring verb (1988-08-07) | Author
- Words and Meanings (1990-06-03) | Author
- Words and Meanings (1990-07-08) | Author
- Death of a nation (1990-09-16) | Author
- Paperbacks (1990-10-07) | Author
- Where authors take the stage (1990-10-28) | Writer
- 100 PRINCETON (2005-10-21) | Translator
- Artistic freedom in China (2013-05-03) | Mentioned Poet
- Beyond war (2008-09-05) | Mentioned Poet
- Cambridge University Press (1998-02-27) | Mentioned Poet
- Caryl Phillips (2009-11-27) | Mentioned Poet
- Columbia (2009-10-09) | Mentioned Poet
- Commonwealth literature in Graz (1993-07-23) | Mentioned Poet
- Contents (2013-05-31) | Mentioned Poet
- Found in translation (2013-09-13) | Mentioned Poet
- Index of Books Reviewed (1988-09-23) | Critic
- International Books of the Year (1995-12-01) | Writer
- Letter from... Cape Town (2000-05-19) | Mentioned Poet
- Literary Criticism (2013-10-04) | Mentioned Poet
- Little Wonder (2010-05-07) | Mentioned Poet
- Meanjin (2007-07-20) | Mentioned Poet
- Melanie and Lucy (2013-02-08) | Mentioned Poet
- Multiple Display Advertising Items (2014-04-11) | Mentioned Poet
- Not undesirable (2000-05-19) | Mentioned Poet
- N.B. (1991-04-26) | Mentioned Poet
- NB (1994-09-16) | Mentioned Poet
- NB (1999-03-05) | Mentioned Poet
- NB (2002-05-31) | Mentioned Poet
- NB (2004-06-18) | Mentioned Poet
- NB (2005-04-29) | Mentioned Poet
- NB (2006-02-03) | Mentioned Poet
- NB (2007-04-20) | Mentioned Poet
- Ohio University Press (1995-12-22) | Mentioned Poet
- Pauline Smith: a quiet voice (1983-09-16) | Mentioned Poet
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS (2003-11-28) | Mentioned Poet
- Proud silence (2013-05-31) | Mentioned Poet
- PUBLISHING - AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (1988-06-10) | Mentioned Poet
- Rewriting the myths (1994-04-01) | Mentioned Poet
- Robert Musil in English (2000-03-10) | Mentioned Poet
- South Africa's new publishers (1983-09-16) | Mentioned Poet
- Taking an African safari (1996-06-30) | Mentioned Poet
- The editor lied (1991-01-18) | Mentioned Poet
- The London Book Fair (2006-03-03) | Mentioned Poet
- The Other City (2001-07-27) | Mentioned Poet
- The point is a nipple of reclaimed land on the east … (2011-11-04) | Mentioned Poet
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Related Works (21)
- White Writing: On the culture of letters in South Africa (1988) (Poet)
- Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays (1988) (Poet)
- Disgrace (1999) (Work Author)
- Youth (2002) (Work Author)
- Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life (1997) (Work Author)
- Life and Times of Michael K (1983) (Work Author)
- In the Heart of the Country (1977) (Work Author)
- Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) (Work Author)
- Dusklands (1983) (Work Author)
- Foe (1987) (Author)
- Foe (1987) (Work Author)
- Age of Iron (1990) (Author)
- Age of Iron (1990) (Work Author)
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