  john maxwell "j. m." coetzee (, ;: "the first syllable is pronounced kuut (uu as in book); debate rages about the pronunciation of the "ee" at the end. many south africans, whether afrikaans speakers or not, pronounce this as a diphthong ee-uh, as in the word "idea". indeed, kuut-see-uh was the unit's original recommendation in the early 1980s, based on the advice of the south african broadcasting corporation and his london publisher, secker and warburg. however, that vowel can also be pronounced as a monophthong (kuut-see), especially by those from the south of the country, and this is the pronunciation that the author uses and prefers the bbc to use too." born 9 february 1940) is a south african novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 nobel prize in literature. he relocated to australia in 2002 and lives in adelaide. he became an australian citizen in 2006. in 2013, richard poplak of the daily maverick described coetzee as "inarguably the most celebrated and decorated living english-language author".{{cite web|first=rachel|last=donadi
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