J. M. Coetzee (John Maxwell Coetzee)

J. M. Coetzee (John Maxwell Coetzee) is a South African-born novelist and literary critic, born in Cape Town in February 1940 and relocated to Australia in 2002. In a restrained and austere style, his writing explores moral dilemmas, historical violence, and individual solitude. His major works include Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, and Disgrace; he has won the Booker Prize twice and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. His works have been translated into many languages and hold an important place in contemporary world literature. This site features his works Moral Tales, Slow Man, The Iron Age, and The Pole, which continue his sustained attention to human nature and ethical questions.