j.m.coetzee

1. J.M.COETZEE
 Born
John Maxwell Coetzee
9 February 1940 (age 79)
Cape Town, South Africa
 Occupation
Novelist
Essayist
Literary critic
Linguist
Translator
Professor
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2.  Language
English
Afrikaans
Dutch
South African
 Nationality
South African
Australian (since 2006)
 Education
University of Cape Town, B.A., 1960, M.A., 1963;
University of Texas, Austin, Ph.D., 1969
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3. J.M.COETZEE & HIS WORKS
 1974: Dusklands. [novel]
 1977: In the Heart of the Country. [novel]
 1980: Waiting for the Barbarians. [novel]
 1983: Life and Times of Michael K. [novel]
 1986: A Land Apart: A South African Reader. Ed. André Brink
and J. M. Coetzee.
 1987: Foe. [novel]
 1988: White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South
Africa. [nonfiction; literary criticism]
 1990: Age of Iron. [novel]
 1992: Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews. [Literary
Criticism & Interviews]
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4.  1994: The Master of Petersburg. [novel]
 1996: Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship. [essays]
 1997: Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life [I]. [memoir-
autobiography].
 1999: The Lives of Animals. ["lecture-fable" by J. M. Coetzee
+ essays by other authors.]
 1999: Disgrace. [novel]
 2001: Stranger Shores: Literary Essays, 1986-1999. [essays,
literary criticism]
 2002: Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II. [memoir-
autobiography].
 2003: Elizabeth Costello.[novel].
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5. J.M.C.WRITING STYLE
 If the literary works of a writer are a portrait of his life, the
works of the novelist J.M. Coetzee capture a living mirror
image.
 From this life he derives the essence of his ideas and questions
related to the universe, existence and humans.
 The purpose of this paper is not so much to investigate how
much Coetzee and his characters matched, but to try to read
his influences and the light they bring to his works.
 His most works themes are about racial difference resulting in
racial conflict and misunderstanding.
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6. J.M.C.AWARDS
 Three CNA literary Awards (1977, 1980, 1984)
 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1981)
 Twice Booker Prizes (1984, 1999)
 Femina Prize (1985)
 Jerusalem Prize (1987)
 Irish Times International Fiction Prize (1995)
 Lanan Literary Award (1998)
 Twice Commonwealth Writers Prizes (2000, 2006)
 Higher Prestigious, Nobel Prize for Literature (2003)
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7. IF ALL
FAILS
PHILOSOPHIZE
ELSE
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8. THE SECRET
OF
HAPPINESS
IS NOT
DOING
WHAT WE
LIKE BUT IN
LINKING
WHAT WE DO
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9. LONG
VISITS
DON’T
MAKE
FOR
GOOD
FRIENDS
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10. NOTHING
IS
WROSE
THAN
WHAT WE
CAN
IMAGINE
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11. BECAUSE A
WOMEN`S
BEAUTY
DOES NOT
BELONG IT
IS A PART
OF THE
BOUNTY
SHE
BRINGS
INTO THE
WORLD SHE
BRINGS
INTO THE
WORLD SHE
HAS A DUTY
TO SHARE
IT
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