Professor
J. M. Coetzee was born in South Africa in 1940. He studied at the University of
Cape Town and the University of Texas, after which he taught at the State
University of New York in Buffalo. He returned home to South Africa
to take up a series of positions at the University of Cape Town, the last
being Distinguished Professor of Literature. During his latter years
there, he also travelled frequently to teach at universities in the
US.
His
first published book was Dusklands (1974), and this was followed by
several further novels including In the Heart of the Country (1977),
winner of the Central News Agency (CNA) Literary Award and filmed as Dust
in 1985; Life & Times of Michael K (1983) and Disgrace
(1999), both winners of the Booker Prize for Fiction; and Elizabeth
Costello: Eight Lessons (2003). His most recent novels are Slow Man
(2005) and Diary of a Bad Year (2007).
J.
M. Coetzee also writes non-fiction. White Writing: On the Culture of
Letters in South Africa (1988) is a collection of essays on South
African literature and culture, and Doubling the Point: Essays and
Interviews (1992) is a collection of essays and interviews with David
Attwell. His books Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
(1997) and Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II (2002) are
both fictionalised memoirs. He is also a translator of Dutch and Afrikaans
literature.
J.
M. Coetzee emigrated to Australia in 2002, where he has an honorary position at
the University of Adelaide. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
in 2003.
Autobiography,
Essays, Fiction, Non-fiction
1977
Central News Agency (CNA) Literary Award (South Africa) In
the Heart of the Country
1980
Central News Agency (CNA) Literary Award (South Africa) Waiting
for the Barbarians
1980
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction) Waiting
for the Barbarians
1981
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize Waiting for the
Barbarians
1983
Booker Prize for Fiction Life & Times of Michael K
1984
Central News Agency (CNA) Literary Award (South Africa) Life
& Times of Michael K
1984
Prix Fémina Etranger (France) Life & Times of
Michael K
1987
Jerusalem Prize Foe
1990
Sunday Express Book of the Year Age of Iron
1995
Irish Times International Fiction Prize The Master of
Petersburg
1998
Lannan Literary Award (Fiction)
1999
Booker Prize for Fiction Disgrace
2000
Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) Disgrace
2003
Nobel Prize for Literature
2006
Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa Region, Best Book)
(shortlist) Slow Man
2007
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (shortlist)
Slow Man
2008
Best of the Booker (shortlist) Disgrace
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