J. M. Coetzee

John Maxwell "J. M." Coetzee born February 9, 1940 is a South African novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He has lived in Australia since 2002. He became an Australian citizen in 2006. Coetzee was awarded the CNA Prize three times, the Prix Femina Étranger, The Irish Times International Fiction Prize and the Booker Prize (twice), among other accolades. He went to the University of texas at Austin on the Fulbright Program in 1965. In 1969 he earned his Ph D. there in Linguistics. He taught English Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo until 1971. After this he returned to South Africa and taught the same subject at the University of Cape Town. Coetzee is the author of numerous novels including: Slow Man, Diary of a Bad Year and The Childhood of Jesus.