J.M. Coetzee Wins 2003 Nobel Literature Prize

[Khephra]

J.M. Coetzee Wins 2003 Nobel Literature Prize

Thu October 2, 2003 07:35 AM ET

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The enigmatic South African novelist J.M. Coetzee has won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

J.M. Coetzee, a white Afrikaner born in Cape Town in 1940, writes in English and portrays a desolate vision of his racially divided country.

He won wide acclaim and a Booker Prize for his novel "Life and Times of Michael K" in 1983. His lean, allegorical style has drawn comparisons with Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett.

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[papau]

1. Nice to see a "slim volume" guy get the award - it does not bode well

for the author of Harry Potter books!

:-)