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J M Coetzee Biography

John Maxwell Coetzee is a South African novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. He is popularly known for his novels about the effects of colonization and in 2003 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

J M Coetzee attended St. Joseph’s, a Catholic school located in  Cape Town suburb of Rondebosch. He later studied mathematics and English at the University of Cape Town and graduated in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English. In 1961 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Mathematics.

In 1962 J M Coetzee relocated to the United Kingdom and worked as a computer programmer for IBM in London and ICT (International Computers and Tabulators) in Bracknell staying until 1965.

In 1968 In 1968, he began teaching English literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he stayed until 1971. It is at Buffalo that he began the first novel, Dusklands.

J M Coetzee returned to South Africa to teach English literature at the University of Cape Town, where he was promoted Professor of General Literature in 1983 and was a Distinguished Professor of Literature between 1999 and 2001.

In 2002 J M Coetzee relocated to Austria and was made an honorary research fellow at the English Department of the University of Adelaide.

J M Coetzee Age | Birthday

J M Coetzee was born on February 9, 1940, in Cape Town, South Africa. He celebrates his birthday on February 9th every year.

J M Coetzee Family

J M Coetzee Partner

J M Coetzee is hitched to his lovely wife, Philippa Jubber. They later divorced in the year 1980

Siblings

He had two siblings, Nicolas who was born in the year 1966 but he later died in a car accident in 1989 and  Gisela, who was born in the year 1968.

J M Coetzee Body Measurements

• Height: 1.82 m
• Weight: Not Available
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• Hair Colour: White

J M Coetzee Salary

According to our reliable sources, J M Coetzee’s annual salary is $ 2, 000 per month.

J M Coetzee Net Worth

The South African novelist, J M Coetzee, has an estimated net worth of $233 million which he has earned through his successful career as an author and a novelist.

J M Coetzee Books

• 1999: Disgrace
• 1980: Waiting for the Barbarians
• 1983: Life & Times of Michael K
• 1986: Foe
• 2003: Elizabeth Costello
• 2013: The Childhood of Jesus
• 2016: The Schooldays of Jesus
• 1974: Dusklands
• 2005: Slow Man
• 1990: Age of Iron
• 1994: The Master of Petersburg
• 2007: Diary of a Bad Year
• 1977: In the Heart of the Country
• 1997: Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
• 2002: Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II
• 1999: The Lives of Animals
• 2001: Stranger shores
• 1988: White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa
• 2009: Summertime
• 1992: Doubling the Point
• 2015: The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and
  Psychotherapy
• 2013: Here and Now: Letters, 2008–2011
• 2017: Late Essays 2006-2017
• 2014: Three Stories
• 1984: Truth in Autobiography
• 2017: Foe: A Novel
• 2001: El Maestro De Petersburgo
• 1996: Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship
• 2013: Cripplewood
• Awards and Honours
• 1983: Booker Prize for ‘Life &Times of Michael’
• 1999: Booker Prize for ‘Disgrace’
• 2003: Noble Prize in Literature.
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the book ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’.
• Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for the book ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’.
• Sunday Express Book of the Year award for the book ‘Age of Iron’
• The Irish Times International Fiction Prize for the book ‘ The Master of Petersburg’.
• He has also won the French Prix Femina Étranger, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
• 1987 he won the Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society.
• On 27th September 2005, he was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe (gold class) by the South African government for his “exceptional contribution in the field of literature and for putting South Africa on the world stage.”
• In November 2014, Coetzee was honored with a three-day academic conference entitled “JM Coetzee in the World”, held in his adopted city of Adelaide. It was described as “the culmination of an enormous collaborative effort and the first event of its kind in Australia” and “a reflection of the deep esteem in which John Coetzee is held by Australian academia”.

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Frequently Asked Questions About J M Coetzee

Who is J M Coetzee?

J M Coetzee is a South Africa Novelist.

How old is J M Coetzee?

J M Coetzee is 79 years old as of 2019.

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Is J M Coetzee married?

J M Coetzee was married to Philippa Jubber.

How much is J M Coetzee worth?

He has an estimated net worth of $ 233 million

Is J M Coetzee dead or alive?

J M Coetzee is still alive and in good health.