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John Maxwell Coetzee

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John Maxwell Coetzee
Biografske informacije
Rođenje9. 2. 1940. (1940-02-09) (dob: 84)
Cape Town, Južna Afrika
Nacionalnostaustralsko
Obrazovanje
Zanimanjeromanopisac, esejist, književni kritičar, lingvist
Inspiracija

John Maxwell Coetzee (fon:Džon Maksvel Kuci; Cape Town, 9. februar 1940. — ) je južnoafrički književnik, prevodilac i književni kritičar.

U svom rodnom gradu predavao je kao profesor književnosti od 1972. godine , a karijeru romanopisca započinje 1974. godine. Nakon šest godina stječe međunarodni ugled romanom "Waiting for the Barbarians". Član je "Committee of Social Thought" univerziteta u Chicagu od 1996. godine. Jedan je od najodlikovanijih autora današnjice.

J. M. Coetzee živi i radi u Australiji.

Nagrade

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Za romane "Život i doba Michaela K." (1983) i "Sramota" (1999) dobio je britansku književnu nagradu Booker Prize, a 2003. godine odlikovan je i Nobelovom nagradom za književnost za djelo "koje brojnim iskrivljavanjima misli ukazuje na zbunjujuću sukrivnju u otuđenju" što je, između ostalog, bila motivacija Švedske akademije. Dobitnik je također i Central News Agency Literary Award, najprestižnije južnoafričke literarne nagrade, za roman "Čekajući barbare" 1980. godine.

Djela

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  • "Sramota"
  • "Čekajući barbare"
  • "Gospodin Foe"
  • "Doba željeza"
  • "Gospodin Petersburga"
  • "Život i doba Michaela K."
  • "Život životinja"

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