A good person. Not a bad resolution to make, in dark times.
- J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
born on this day, 1940
#BookSky
#JMCoetzee
- J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
born on this day, 1940
#BookSky
#JMCoetzee
February 9, 2026 at 10:46 AM
A good person. Not a bad resolution to make, in dark times.
- J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
born on this day, 1940
#BookSky
#JMCoetzee
- J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
born on this day, 1940
#BookSky
#JMCoetzee
#JMCoetzee Nobel Laureate and Booker prize winner has refused to attend writers gathering due to ISRAELI genocide in Gaza. Thankyou sir. Your voice is important.
May 7, 2026 at 8:51 AM
#JMCoetzee Nobel Laureate and Booker prize winner has refused to attend writers gathering due to ISRAELI genocide in Gaza. Thankyou sir. Your voice is important.
Robinson Crusoe as told by #JMCoetzee 7/10 #Foe
June 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Robinson Crusoe as told by #JMCoetzee 7/10 #Foe
Być dobrym człowiekiem. Niezłe postanowienie w mrocznych czasach.
9.02.1940 ur. się John Maxwell Coetzee, południowoafrykański pisarz, krytyk i tłumacz, laureat Nagrody Nobla oraz dwukrotnie Bookera: Hańba, Wiek żelaza, Czekając na barbarzyńców i in.
#BornOnThisDay #JMCoetzee
9.02.1940 ur. się John Maxwell Coetzee, południowoafrykański pisarz, krytyk i tłumacz, laureat Nagrody Nobla oraz dwukrotnie Bookera: Hańba, Wiek żelaza, Czekając na barbarzyńców i in.
#BornOnThisDay #JMCoetzee
February 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Być dobrym człowiekiem. Niezłe postanowienie w mrocznych czasach.
9.02.1940 ur. się John Maxwell Coetzee, południowoafrykański pisarz, krytyk i tłumacz, laureat Nagrody Nobla oraz dwukrotnie Bookera: Hańba, Wiek żelaza, Czekając na barbarzyńców i in.
#BornOnThisDay #JMCoetzee
9.02.1940 ur. się John Maxwell Coetzee, południowoafrykański pisarz, krytyk i tłumacz, laureat Nagrody Nobla oraz dwukrotnie Bookera: Hańba, Wiek żelaza, Czekając na barbarzyńców i in.
#BornOnThisDay #JMCoetzee
This week at #STIAS in #Stellenbosch, South Africa, participating in the excellent #NobelinAfrica2025 symposium with 40 critics and authors, including #JMCoetzee and #AbdulrazakGurnah. Great ideas and conversations!
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This week at #STIAS in #Stellenbosch, South Africa, participating in the excellent #NobelinAfrica2025 symposium with 40 critics and authors, including #JMCoetzee and #AbdulrazakGurnah. Great ideas and conversations!
December 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
J. M. Coetzee, Robert Walser, Osamu Dazai ve çok daha fazlası…
Çok sevilen yazarların setleri, özel fiyatlarla sadece canyayinlari.com’da!#JMCoetzeee#RobertWalsere#OsamuDazaiai
Çok sevilen yazarların setleri, özel fiyatlarla sadece canyayinlari.com’da!#JMCoetzeee#RobertWalsere#OsamuDazaiai
July 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
J. M. Coetzee, Robert Walser, Osamu Dazai ve çok daha fazlası…
Çok sevilen yazarların setleri, özel fiyatlarla sadece canyayinlari.com’da!#JMCoetzeee#RobertWalsere#OsamuDazaiai
Çok sevilen yazarların setleri, özel fiyatlarla sadece canyayinlari.com’da!#JMCoetzeee#RobertWalsere#OsamuDazaiai
My TOP 10 All Time Favorite Books:
4. Disgrace (1999). Post-apartheid historical fiction/Adult fiction.
Author: J.M. Coetzee.
#booksky #JMCoetzee #NobelPrize #BookerPrize #adultfiction #SouthAfrica
4. Disgrace (1999). Post-apartheid historical fiction/Adult fiction.
Author: J.M. Coetzee.
#booksky #JMCoetzee #NobelPrize #BookerPrize #adultfiction #SouthAfrica
May 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
My TOP 10 All Time Favorite Books:
4. Disgrace (1999). Post-apartheid historical fiction/Adult fiction.
Author: J.M. Coetzee.
#booksky #JMCoetzee #NobelPrize #BookerPrize #adultfiction #SouthAfrica
4. Disgrace (1999). Post-apartheid historical fiction/Adult fiction.
Author: J.M. Coetzee.
#booksky #JMCoetzee #NobelPrize #BookerPrize #adultfiction #SouthAfrica
"Not every man who bears the mark of the castaway is a castaway by heart."
-- J. M. Coetzee
#castaway #heart #love #books #book #literature #novels #JMCoetzee #Foe #life #RobinsonCrusoe
-- J. M. Coetzee
#castaway #heart #love #books #book #literature #novels #JMCoetzee #Foe #life #RobinsonCrusoe
May 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Not every man who bears the mark of the castaway is a castaway by heart."
-- J. M. Coetzee
#castaway #heart #love #books #book #literature #novels #JMCoetzee #Foe #life #RobinsonCrusoe
-- J. M. Coetzee
#castaway #heart #love #books #book #literature #novels #JMCoetzee #Foe #life #RobinsonCrusoe
#nowreading #jmcoetzee #intheheartofthecountry #sundayvibes #sundayfeeling #inspirationalquotes #motivationalquotes #inspiration #motivation
September 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
#jmcoetzee so well written. A real good reflection on colonial guilt and complicity.
July 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#jmcoetzee so well written. A real good reflection on colonial guilt and complicity.
Nobel Prize-winning author #JMCoetzee has refused to attend the 14th International Writers' Festival in #Israel.
His decision came citing the "disproportionate #genocide" carried out by Israel in #Gaza since Oct 2023..
#FreePalestine #Coetzee #WritersFestival #Writers
His decision came citing the "disproportionate #genocide" carried out by Israel in #Gaza since Oct 2023..
#FreePalestine #Coetzee #WritersFestival #Writers
May 12, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Nobel Prize-winning author #JMCoetzee has refused to attend the 14th International Writers' Festival in #Israel.
His decision came citing the "disproportionate #genocide" carried out by Israel in #Gaza since Oct 2023..
#FreePalestine #Coetzee #WritersFestival #Writers
His decision came citing the "disproportionate #genocide" carried out by Israel in #Gaza since Oct 2023..
#FreePalestine #Coetzee #WritersFestival #Writers
You don't understand, you weren't there….Well, she is mistaken….he does understand; he can, if he concentrates, if he loses himself, be there, be the men, inhabit them, fill them with the ghost of himself. The question is, does he have it in him to be the woman?
#Disgrace
#JMCoetzee
#Disgrace
#JMCoetzee
August 27, 2024 at 2:32 PM
You don't understand, you weren't there….Well, she is mistaken….he does understand; he can, if he concentrates, if he loses himself, be there, be the men, inhabit them, fill them with the ghost of himself. The question is, does he have it in him to be the woman?
#Disgrace
#JMCoetzee
#Disgrace
#JMCoetzee
Finished reading this. Insightful thoughts on writing, language, history and even incest (some thoughts inspiring, some not). #finishedreading #paulauster #jmcoetzee
April 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Finished reading this. Insightful thoughts on writing, language, history and even incest (some thoughts inspiring, some not). #finishedreading #paulauster #jmcoetzee
Today is the 84th birthday of J. M. Coetzee, who was born #OTD in 1940 in Cape Town and won, among many other things, the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social TWICE (83 + 99) & the 2003 Nobel Prize for Fiction!
#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature
#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature
February 9, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Today is the 84th birthday of J. M. Coetzee, who was born #OTD in 1940 in Cape Town and won, among many other things, the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social TWICE (83 + 99) & the 2003 Nobel Prize for Fiction!
#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature
#JMCoetzee #Coetzee #SouthAfricanLiterature #AustralianLiterature #EnglishLiterature
Ralph.Wessman @ garradunga.bluesky.social Australian authors group inc #JMCoetzee, #KimScott, #TimWinton, #MichelledeKretser and #CharlotteWood give federal politicians 5 books to encourage nuance in #MiddleEast debate.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AustralianLiterature #AustralianWriters
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AustralianLiterature #AustralianWriters
garradunga.bluesky.social
November 18, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Ralph.Wessman @ garradunga.bluesky.social Australian authors group inc #JMCoetzee, #KimScott, #TimWinton, #MichelledeKretser and #CharlotteWood give federal politicians 5 books to encourage nuance in #MiddleEast debate.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AustralianLiterature #AustralianWriters
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AustralianLiterature #AustralianWriters
"Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?"
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
February 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?"
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
"Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?"
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
February 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?"
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 85 today. #Literature
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@letaba-boy.bsky.social
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Rather import #SouthAfrican oranges, wine, novels by #JMCoetzee, or old South African jazz records, courtesy of #MatsuliMusic, a UK-based label -
@letaba-boy.bsky.social
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com
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November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Rather import #SouthAfrican oranges, wine, novels by #JMCoetzee, or old South African jazz records, courtesy of #MatsuliMusic, a UK-based label -
@letaba-boy.bsky.social
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com
Rather import #SouthAfrican oranges, wine, novels by #JMCoetzee, or old South African jazz records, courtesy of #MatsuliMusic, a UK-based label -
@letaba-boy.bsky.social
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's sequel to the 1968 film!)
#books #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #jmcoetzee #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #boum #pierreboulle #booksky
A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's sequel to the 1968 film!)
#books #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #jmcoetzee #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #boum #pierreboulle #booksky
August 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's sequel to the 1968 film!)
#books #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #jmcoetzee #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #boum #pierreboulle #booksky
A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's sequel to the 1968 film!)
#books #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #jmcoetzee #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #boum #pierreboulle #booksky
"Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?"
Nobel Banquet Speech: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 86 today. #Literature
Nobel Banquet Speech: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 86 today. #Literature
February 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
"Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?"
Nobel Banquet Speech: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 86 today. #Literature
Nobel Banquet Speech: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
✒ #JMCoetzee, South African novelist and Nobel Laureate (2003), is 86 today. #Literature