What is J. M. Coetzee?
[[File:J.M. Coetzee.JPG|thumb|Coetzee in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] (2006).]] '''John Maxwell Coetzee''' (born 9 February 1940) is a [[South Africa]]n-[[Australia]]n [[novelist]], [[essayist]], [[linguist]], [[literacy]] [[critic]], [[activist]] and [[translator]]. He won the 2003 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. He has won the [[Booker Prize]] twice for ''[[The Life and Times of Michael K]]'' (1983) and ''[[Disgrace (novel)|Disgrace]]'' (1999). He writes his works in [[English language|English]], [[Afrikaans]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. He moved to [[Australia]] in 2002 and became a [[citizen]] in 2006. Coetzee was born in [[Cape Town]] to [[Afrikaner people|Afrikaner]] parents. He studied at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and the [[University of Cape Town]]. He lives in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] with his partner Dorothy Driver. He was married to Philippa Jubber from 1963 to 1980. They had two children, son Nicholas (died 1989) and daughter Gisela.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.biography.com/people/jm-coetzee-39151 |title= J. M. Coetzee |publisher= [[FYI (U.S. TV channel)|FYI]] |work= biography.com |accessdate= 6 March 2015 |archive-date= 27 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150127075136/http://www.biography.com/people/jm-coetzee-39151 |url-status= dead }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{IMDb name|0168792}} {{Nobel Prize in Literature}} {{Nobelprize|Literature}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Coetzee, J. M.}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Animal rights activists]] [[Category:Australian activists]] [[Category:Australian Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Australian novelists]] [[Category:Australian critics]] [[Category:Australian essayists]] [[Category:Australian linguists]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia]] [[Category:People from Adelaide]] [[Category:People from Cape Town]] [[Category:South African Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:South African writers]] [[Category