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2003 Nobel Prize in Literature
John Maxwell Coetzee
"who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider."
Date
  • 2 October 2003 (2003-10-02) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2003
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the South African[1][2] novelist John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940), better known simply as J. M. Coetzee, "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider."[3] He is the fourth African writer to be so honoured[4] and the second South African after Nadine Gordimer in 1991.[5]

  1. ^ On 2002, Coetzee moved to Australia but he was still awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as a South African citizen. Then, on 6 March 2006, he became a full Australian citizen.
  2. ^ "JM Coetzee Became an Australian Citizen". Mail & Guardian. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 nobelprize.org
  4. ^ "Coetzee wins Nobel literature prize". BBC News. 2 October 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Coetzee receives Nobel honour". BBC News. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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