J.M. Coetzee

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Also Known As	John Maxwell Coetzee
Born	February 9, 1940 (age 84) • Cape Town • South Africa
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (2003) • Booker Prize (1999) • Booker Prize (1983)
Notable Works	“Age of Iron” • “Diary of a Bad Year” • “Disgrace” • “Dusklands” • “Elizabeth Costello” • “Foe” • “Here and Now: Letters 2008-2011” • “Life & Times of Michael K” • “Slow Man” • “The Childhood of Jesus” • “The Death of Jesus” • “The Master of Petersburg” • “The Schooldays of Jesus”

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