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Coetzee, John Michael
(1940- ) South African writer. Known for his novels "Waiting for the Barbarians" (1980) and "The Life and Times of Michael K" (1983), which won the Booker Prize. He won a second Booker Prize in 1999 for "Disgrace," a novel about life in post-apartheid South Africa.
Fragmented Invective in Coetzee's 'Age of Iron'
In this excerpt from Coetzee's novel Age of Iron, the narrator reflects fiercely and bitterly on the rulers she loathes.
JM Coetzee wins 2003 Nobel Literature Prize
South-African born author John Maxwell Coetzee has been awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Summertime by J.M. Coetzee
As elusive as Bob Dylan when it comes to responding to questions about his personal history, J.M. Coetzee designs a fictional autobiography in Summertime.
Giving Offense
Catalog entry describes the book's arguments about the nature of censorship, provides excerpts from reviews, and reprints the table of contents.