J. M. Coetzee

John Maxwell Coetzee (pronounced "kut-SEE-uh") (born 9 February 1940) is a South African author. On 2 October 2003, it was announced that he was to be the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the fourth African writer to be so honoured, and the second South African (after Nadine Gordimer). The prize was awarded in Stockholm on 10 December 2003.

See also

• List of African writers