Any newspaper clippings from Adelaide about J. M. Coetzee?

Question

I'm a Brazilian doctorate student doing his research on the South African author J. M. Coetzee. Coetzee has moved to Australia in 2002 and now lives in Adelaide. I'd appreciate any information concerning the relationship between the author and his adopted country.

Answer 1

Here some articles and one video as well as a link to Australia (only) sources.


Nobel author now a true Aussie
The Age -
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/nobel-author-now-a-true-aussie/2006/03/06/1141493586121.html

Coetzee to make rare public appearance
The Age - Jan 23, 2004

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/23/1074732593002.html


The Australian — English articles Coetzee backs mag, but don't ...
The Australian - Dec 9, 2005
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,17507417-27648,00.html


http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2024&art_id=qw1154498223744B252
Australia is tops, says famous SA author
Independent Online - Aug 2, 2006
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1077170580607B223
JM Coetzee says Adelaide is 'paradise'
Independent Online - Feb 19, 2004
http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/history-in-the-making-as-writers-agree-to-disagree/2006/03/07/1141701512365.html?page=fullpage
Coetzee's curt answers
The Age - Mar 3, 2004
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/02/1078191320576.html?from=storyrhs
Author JM Coetzee takes Australian citizenship: Monday, March 6, 2006 | CBC Arts
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/03/06/coetzee-australia.html
Cold and frozen. Nobel Literature Prize winner John Maxwell ...
Student Operated Press, FL - Feb 10, 2007
http://www.thesop.org/index.php?id=4277
New South Africa: Book Writers Speak Out
robtuk31 - 4 min - Nov 5, 2006 (A YouTube video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46JVos7DIrI

A Yahoo Australia search: http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=Coetzee&fr=fp&ei=UTF-8&meta=vc%3DcountryAU

Answer 2

J M Coetzee officially an Aussie
March 06, 2006 Edition 1


Nobel Prize-winning South African author J M Coetzee became an Australian citizen today, saying he had been attracted by the country's "free and generous spirit".

Coetzee was born in South Africa in 1940 and his writing, which won him the Booker Prize twice, as well as the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature, reflected the sufferings of a country torn by apartheid.

He retired as an English professor at Cape Town University in January 2002, a post he had held since 1984, and moved to South Australia where he is an honourary research fellow with the University of Adelaide.

Coetzee became a citizen today at a special ceremony conducted by Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone.

He said he had been drawn to Australia since his first visit 15 years ago.

"I did not so much leave South Africa, a country with which I retain strong emotional ties, but come to Australia," he was quoted as saying by the AAP news agency.

"I came because from the time of my first visit in 1991, I was attracted by the free and generous spirit of the people, by the beauty of the land itself and, when I first saw Adelaide, by the grace of the city I now have the honour to call my home."

Vanstone said Coetzee's decision to become an Australian citizen was a tremendous compliment to the country. - Sapa-AFP