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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I missed this a few days ago:

"On Friday, May 1, 2026, Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee officially declined an invitation to attend the 14th International Writers Festival in Jerusalem, delivering a forceful critique of the Israeli state and its intellectual community."

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Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee withdraws from Jerusalem Writers’ Festival over Gaza crisis
Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee has declined an invitation to the Jerusalem Writers’ Festival, citing the ongoing Gaza conflict as a reason for his withdrawal.
iol.co.za
May 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
pisiku.bsky.social
"Unimaginable perhaps; but the unimaginable is there to be imagined.”

~ J.M. Coetzee
September 26, 2026 at 8:12 AM
edcontrasena.bsky.social
Hoy J. M. Coetzee cumple 85 años.
February 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
robertsnickc.bsky.social
“All is allegory. Each creature is a key to all others.”

J.M. Coetzee (b. 1940)

#Photography
May 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
chrispower.bsky.social
Coetzee on Dostoevsky’s compositional method
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
jamesbatty.bsky.social
Mannenberg – Is Where It's Happening. Abdullah Ibrahim with Basil Coetzee on sax.
September 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
antonhur.com
On reading ironically and pronouncing “Coetzee” properly.
May 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
ismua.bsky.social
#JazzInJanuary 🎷
#MusicChallenge 🎶

Day 2️⃣9️⃣:

🗣️ Basil 'Manenberg' Coetzee
🔊 African Jazz Dance
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
neilmatheson66.bsky.social
"The Old Sow" Log Sculpture by Hannelie Coetzee, Knislinge, Sweden.
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
princetonyimby.bsky.social
Frans Coetzee, another well-known local NIMBY, is speaking now, expressing fear about losing zoning 'protections'.
September 24, 2026 at 11:53 PM
neliapaev.bsky.social
The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.
- J.M. Coetzee
#photography #sardinia
December 29, 2024 at 2:45 PM
oh-that-guy.bsky.social
Pompeian Lobster | Christo Coetzee
March 27, 2026 at 5:17 AM
literland.bsky.social
"Nuestras mentiras revelan tanto sobre nosotros como nuestras verdades".
"Hombre lento", J. M. Coetzee
📷Ellen Rogers
August 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
nickfeik.bsky.social
“Long-time supporters of Israel have turned away in revulsion at the actions of the Israeli military. It will take many years for Israel to clear its name, assuming that it wishes to do so, and to re-establish itself in the international community.”
JM Coetzee
JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’
Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but ‘the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that’
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2026 at 6:55 AM
benjlmorgan.bsky.social
This is a story about meeting Coetzee, but really a story about strange kinds of inheritance. Queer kinds, even - who would have guessed?

benmorganwriter.wordpress.com/2026/09/24/j...
J.M. Coetzee, 19.06.2008
If you have ever had a hero, you might understand this story. I met mine one day in 2008. J M Coetzee became my hero when I was 22. My father had died the year before, and although he was ‘just’ a …
benmorganwriter.wordpress.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
manuelrivas.bsky.social
Hambre, la peor humillación: de Coetzee a Palestina,
Por Javier Morales
elasombrario.publico.es/hambre-la-pe...
Hambre, la peor humillación para los humanos: de Coetzee a Palestina
Cerramos agosto leyendo a dos de mis escritores favoritos: Erri de Luca y John Coetzee, quien en un momento de su novela ‘Diario de un mal año’ dice:
elasombrario.publico.es
August 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
publico.es
Hambre, la peor humillación para los humanos: de Coetzee a Palestina, vía El Asombrario
Hambre, la peor humillación para los humanos: de Coetzee a Palestina
Cerramos agosto leyendo a dos de mis escritores favoritos: Erri de Luca y John Coetzee, quien en un momento de su novela ‘Diario de un mal año’ dice:
elasombrario.publico.es
September 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Novelist JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’ - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jm-coetzee-declines-attend-jerusalem-writers-festival-over-genocidal-campaign-gaza
Novelist JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’
Nobel laureate warns former supporters of Israel are turning away from country over bloodshed in Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
May 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
mdstamper.bsky.social
Ophelia by Christo Coetzee (South African) - Oil on canvas / 1986 - University of Pretoria Museums (South Africa) #womeninart #art #artwork #oilpainting #SouthAfricanArtist #SouthAfricanArt #ChristoCoetzee #Coetzee #UniversityofPretoriaMuseums #womensart #FigurativeArt #beauty #shakespeare #ophelia
This work titled "Ophelia" is by the South African artist Christo Coetzee and was one of his most prized possessions. The painting is a close-up of a young Spanish woman depicting Ophelia from the Shakespearean play, Hamlet. Many painters (especially British), depicted Ophelia after she unalived herself and flowers were often painted as accessories. Coetzee flipped this by having the flowers in her hair rather than the usual pose of holding flowers. Coetzee's painterly style evokes a dreamy, romantic atmosphere with a lavish crown of stylized roses and ribbons. Her face is rendered with soft, blended colors, giving her an ethereal quality. Her eyes, a striking shade of light green, are large and expressive while her pale skin has subtle hints of rosy blush on her cheeks plus lips painted a delicate reddish-pink. The artist has employed a technique that softens the lines of her face, resulting in a somewhat androgynous effect. Surrounding her head is a magnificent flow of pale roses in various shades of white, cream, and blush pink interspersed with small white flowers and green and brown leaves, lending a sense of natural abundance. Light blue ribbons are woven among the flowers, emphasizing the luxuriousness of the headdress while suggesting a sense of both elegance and freedom. A Spanish aristocrat once offered to purchase this painting, but Coetzee refused as it remained one of the artist's prized possessions. The Johannesburg born Coetzee pursued his art studies at the Slade School of Art in London to complement his fine art degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Later, he moved to Europe and become part of the Stadler Stable in Paris before moving to Finestrat in Spain. Later, Coetzee went to Japan where he joined the Gutai Group, the first radical Art Group in post-war Japan. It was there that Coetzee developed his famous art style that ultimately classified him as one of South Africa's leading avant-garde artists.
April 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
pwoywodt.bsky.social
Coetzee: waiting for the Barbarians. Read it the third time still love it
November 13, 2024 at 8:40 PM
bibliofilie.bsky.social
J.M. Coetzee is vandaag 86 geworden. In 2003 was hij de honderdste schrijver die de Nobelprijs voor literatuur kreeg. 'Coetzee dringt diep in ons wezen door. Wat hij daar vindt is meer dan de meeste mensen ooit van zichzelf willen weten', aldus Nadine Gordimer.

Jullie favoriete boek van Coetzee?
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
gonzalotorne.bsky.social
COETZEE: "¿Es esto el amor, esta generosidad natural, este sentimiento de ser comprendido por fin, de no tener que fingir?"
June 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
simonrosenberg.bsky.social
The real news here is not that Coetzee is refusing to attend,
but that anyone is.
thenewarab.bsky.social The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · May 5
Nobel Prize-winning author John Maxwell Coetzee refused to attend the 14th International Writers’ Festival in Israel.

His decision came citing the “disproportionate genocide” carried out by Israel in Gaza since October 2023.
May 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
dougray7.bsky.social
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
Life and Times of Michael K., J.M. Coetzee
December 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
gonzalotorne.bsky.social
No es el mejor libro de Coetzee, pero es mi libro de Coetzee. Y del único que puedo decir que me cambio la vida (otros contribuyeron a transformarla o perfilarla). Me daba miedo releerlo, pero es mejor de lo que recordaba. Han pasado casi treinta años y ahora escucho a Coetzee reír.
July 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM