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J.M. Coetzee

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in Cape Town, South Africa

February 09, 1940

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Literature & Fiction

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John Maxwell Coetzee is an author and academic from South Africa. He became an Australian citizen in 2006 after relocating there in 2002. A novelist and literary critic as well as a translator, Coetzee has won the Booker Prize twice and was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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An open letter to President Erdoğan from 38 Nobel laureates | JM Coetzee, Kazuo Ishiguro, Svetlana Alexievich and others

Until Turkey frees detained writers and returns to the rule of law, it cannot claim to be a member of the free world

Dear President Erdoğan,

We wish to draw your attention to the damage being done to the Republic of Turkey, to its reputation and the dignity and wellbeing of its citizens, through what leading authorities on freedom of expression deem to be the unlawful detention and wrongful convicti

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Average rating: 3.77 · 274,089 ratings · 21,863 reviews · 149 distinct works • Similar authors

	Disgrace 3.85 avg rating — 102,983 ratings — published 1999 — 230 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Youth 3.78 avg rating — 7,510 ratings — published 2002 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summertime 3.77 avg rating — 6,316 ratings — published 2009 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Childhood of Jesus 3.46 avg rating — 6,705 ratings — published 2013 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boyhood (Scenes from Provincial Life #1) 3.77 avg rating — 5,296 ratings — published 1997 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Scenes from Provincial Life (3 books)
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“Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?”
― J.M. Coetzee

tags: courage, heroism, live-life

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“When all else fails, philosophize.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

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“The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.”
― J.M. Coetzee

tags: happiness

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L'uomo che cade di Don DeLillo

11 votes, 20.0%

Vergogna di J.M. Coetzee

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7 votes, 12.7%

Shadowbahn di Steve Erickson

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An open letter to President Erdoğan from 38 Nobel laureates | JM Coetzee, Kazuo Ishiguro, Svetlana Alexievich and others

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