Nobel Prize for Literature
Oct. 2nd, 2003 01:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coalescentThis year's winner is JM Coetzee:
I haven't read a single one of his books. In fact, of the list of winners they have in the article, which goes back to 1994, the only one I've read is Jose Saramago.
Coetzee becomes the fourth African writer since 1980 to win the prestigious award.
In its citation, the academy said his novels were characterised by their well-craft composition, pregnant dialogue and analytical brilliance.
"But at the same time, he is a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilisation," it said.
I haven't read a single one of his books. In fact, of the list of winners they have in the article, which goes back to 1994, the only one I've read is Jose Saramago.
