The Pole - J. M. Coetzee

Coetzee, J. M.: - Born in Cape Town, South Africa, J. M. Coetzee is the author of more than twenty books, including The Pole ; Waiting for the Barbarians ; Life and Times of Michael K , for which Coetzee was awarded the Booker Prize; Boyhood: Scenes from a Provincial Life ; and several essay collections. With his novel Disgrace , Coetzee became the first author to win the Booker Prize twice. In 2003, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.