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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

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