J. M. Coetzee
South African-Australian novelist and essayist
John Maxwell Coetzee FRSL OMG 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.... Wikipedia
Born: 1940 (age 84 years), Cape Town, South Africa
Influenced by: Daniel Defoe, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and more
Spouse: Philippa Jubber (m. 1963–1980)
Children: Nicolas Coetzee and Gisela Coetzee
Parents: Zacharias Coetzee and Vera Wehmeyer Coetzee
Siblings: David Coetzee
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