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J. M. Coetzee

acclaimed writer and scholar

1940 - today

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His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2024). J. M. Coetzee is the 312th most popular writer (up from 324th in 2024), the 5th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Writer.

J. M. Coetzee is most famous for his novel Disgrace, which was the 1999 winner of the Booker Prize.

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J. M. Coetzee ranks #5 among 709 people in Pantheon born in South Africa, inside the top 1% of that group.

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J. M. Coetzee's biography appears in 94 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 97% of all Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, J. M. Coetzee ranks 312 out of 7,707. Before him are Alberto Moravia, Chrétien de Troyes, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Robert Musil, Claudius Aelianus, and J. M. G. Le Clézio. After him are Ismail Kadare, Herman Melville, Max Brod, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Ernst Jünger, and Antonin Artaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, J. M. Coetzee ranks 24. Before him are Ringo Starr, Stuart Sutcliffe, Gao Xingjian, Raul Julia, Michael Gambon, and J. M. G. Le Clézio. After him are Burhanuddin Rabbani, Joachim Gauck, Muhammad Yunus, Martin Sheen, Frank Zappa, and Carlos Slim.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, J. M. Coetzee ranks 5 out of 709. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien (1892), Nelson Mandela (1918), Elon Musk (1971), and Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924). After him are Nadine Gordimer (1923), Sarah Baartman (1788), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Desmond Tutu (1931), Miriam Makeba (1932), Shaka (1787), and Christiaan Barnard (1922).

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Among Writers In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, J. M. Coetzee ranks 2. Before him is J. R. R. Tolkien (1892). After him are Nadine Gordimer (1923), Peter Abrahams (1919), André Brink (1935), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurens van der Post (1906), Athol Fugard (1932), Alan Paton (1903), and Deon Meyer (1958).

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