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M. Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee, a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator, won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born on February 9, 1940, in Cape Town, he has received numerous awards, including the Booker Prize (twice) and the Jerusalem Prize.
He is a patron of the J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice at the University of Adelaide[1†][2†].
Early Years and Education
John Maxwell Coetzee was born in Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, on February 9, 1940[1†].
His parents were Afrikaners[1†].
Born in in Cape Town to parents of Afrikaner descent, the life of John Maxwell Coetzee (pen name JM Coetzee) spans the history of the rise and fall of.
His father, Zacharias Coetzee (1912–1988), was an occasional attorney and government employee, and his mother, Vera Coetzee (née Wehmeyer; 1904–1986), was a schoolteacher[1†]. His father was often absent, and enlisted in the army and fought in World War II to avoid being prosecuted on a criminal charge[1†].
Vera and her children therefore relied on financial and other support from relatives[1†]. The family mainly spoke English at home, but C