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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 · 294,914 ratings · 24,231 reviews · 169 distinct works • Similar authors

	Disgrace 3.85 avg rating — 109,476 ratings — published 1999 — 234 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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	Summertime 3.78 avg rating — 6,577 ratings — published 2009 — 69 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 3.47 avg rating — 7,036 ratings — published 2013 — 96 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 — 5,634 ratings — published 1997 — 85 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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“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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