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J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate

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J. M. Coetzee

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

John Maxwell Coetzee AC FRSL OMG is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the…
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Nobel Prize in Literature

Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most…
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February 9

Day of the year

February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 325 days remain until the end of the year.
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