2003 约翰-M-科茨 南非

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J. M. Coetzee
Facts
John M. Coetzee
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
John M. Coetzee
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003

Born: 9 February 1940, Cape Town, South Africa

Residence at the time of the award: South Africa

Prize motivation: "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider."

Language: English

Prize share: 1/1

Life
J.M. Coetzee is a South African author and literary critic who now resides in Australia. During the 1960s he worked as a programmer for IBM in London, which he describes in the semi-autobiographical novel The Young Years. During the 1970s he applied for permanent residence, but was denied it due to his involvement in protests against the Vietnam War. He returned instead to Cape Town, where he taught English literature until 2002.

Work
J.M. Coetzee made his debut in 1974 with the novel Dusklands, but his international breakthrough came a few years later with Waiting for the Barbarians. A recurring theme in J.M. Coetzee’s novels is a crucial situation, where right and wrong are put to the test and where people’s weaknesses and defeat become fundamental to the story’s development. As an alter ego in Coetzee’s writing, both an older male academician and the female author Elizabeth Costello recur. His prose is rigorous and analytical.



J. M. Coetzee

约翰-M-科茨
照片来自诺贝尔基金会档案。
约翰-M-科兹
2003年诺贝尔文学奖获得者

生于：1940年2月9日，南非开普敦

获奖时的居住地。南非

获奖动机。"他以无数的姿态描绘了外来者令人惊讶的参与"。

语言。英语

奖金份额。1/1

生平
J.M. Coetzee是南非作家和文学评论家，现居住在澳大利亚。20世纪60年代，他在伦敦的IBM公司担任程序员，他在半自传体小说《青春岁月》中描述了这段经历。1970年代，他申请了永久居留权，但由于他参与了反对越南战争的抗议活动而被拒绝。他转而回到开普敦，在那里教英语文学直到2002年。

工作
J.M. Coetzee于1974年以小说《Dusklands》首次亮相，但几年后他以《等待野蛮人》实现了国际突破。J.M. Coetzee的小说中反复出现的主题是一个关键的情况，在这个情况下，对与错受到考验，人们的弱点和失败成为故事发展的根本。作为科兹写作中的另一个自我，一个年长的男学者和女作家伊丽莎白-科斯特洛都会反复出现。他的散文是严谨的、分析性的。