JM Coetzee on writing, followed by reading in Dutch (subtitled) from IJzertijd ( Age of Iron), 2000

John Maxwell J. M. Coetzee (born 9 February 1940, Kaapstad) is a South African born Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He has lived in Australia since 2002. From DutchTV: About Beauty and Consolation, VPRO TV series by Wim Kayzer, 17th episode, 2000. 04:15 Coetzee reading the last sentences of the 1990 novel Age of Iron in Dutch translation. More on Literary Arts, check my playlist: