J. M. Coetzee
born 1940
15 documented presences
12 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for J. M. Coetzee across 12 places, from 1940 to 2016. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Maxwell Coetzee AC FRSL OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where J. M. Coetzee was documented, and when
9 February 1940exact date
Cape Townattested
“Coetzee was born in Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, on 9 February 1940 to Afrikaner parents.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1960year
University of Cape Townattested
“He studied mathematics and English at the University of Cape Town (UCT), receiving a Bachelor of Arts with honours in English in 1960 and a Bachelor of Arts with honours in mathematics in 1961.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1962 to 1965period
United Kingdomattested
“Coetzee moved to the United Kingdom in 1962 and worked as a computer programmer for IBM in London and ICT (International Computers and Tabulators) in Bracknell, staying until 1965.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1962 to 1965period
Londonattested
“Coetzee moved to the United Kingdom in 1962 and worked as a computer programmer for IBM in London and ICT (International Computers and Tabulators) in Bracknell, staying until 1965.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1962 to 1965period
Bracknellattested
“Coetzee moved to the United Kingdom in 1962 and worked as a computer programmer for IBM in London and ICT (International Computers and Tabulators) in Bracknell, staying until 1965.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1984year
University of Cape Townattested
“In 1984, Coetzee received an Honorary Fellow Award at the University of Cape Town.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1991year
Australiaattested
“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 that I now have the honour of…”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1997year
Cape Townattested
“Coetzee spent most of his early life in Cape Town and in Worcester, a town in the Cape Province (modern-day Western Cape), as recounted in his fictionalised 1997 memoir Boyhood.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1997year
Cape Provinceattested
“Coetzee spent most of his early life in Cape Town and in Worcester, a town in the Cape Province (modern-day Western Cape), as recounted in his fictionalised 1997 memoir Boyhood.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1997year
Worcester, South Africaattested
“Coetzee spent most of his early life in Cape Town and in Worcester, a town in the Cape Province (modern-day Western Cape), as recounted in his fictionalised 1997 memoir Boyhood.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
2015year
University of Adelaideattested
“Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice (JMCCCP), a research centre and cultural hub founded at the University of Adelaide in 2015.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
2015 to 2018period
Londonattested
“In the early 1960s, while in London, Coetzee studied Spanish, and from 2015 to 2018, Coetzee was a director of a biannual seminar series on the Literatures of the South at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Argentina.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
2015 to 2018period
Universidad Nacional de San Martínattested
“In the early 1960s, while in London, Coetzee studied Spanish, and from 2015 to 2018, Coetzee was a director of a biannual seminar series on the Literatures of the South at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Argentina.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
2015 to 2018period
Argentinaattested
“In the early 1960s, while in London, Coetzee studied Spanish, and from 2015 to 2018, Coetzee was a director of a biannual seminar series on the Literatures of the South at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Argentina.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
May 2016month
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Places J. M. Coetzee is documented in
Cape Town2 presences · 1940 to 1997London2 presences · 1962 to 2015
University of Cape Town2 presences · 1960 to 1984
Argentina1 presence · 2015Australia1 presence · 1991South Africa1 presence · 2016United Kingdom1 presence · 1962Bracknell1 presence · 1962
Cape Province1 presence · 1997
Universidad Nacional de San Martín1 presence · 2015
University of Adelaide1 presence · 2015
Worcester, South Africa1 presence · 1997
Other places tied to J. M. Coetzee in the record
In each of these, a source puts J. M. Coetzee and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that J. M. Coetzee was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1965year
University of Texas at Austinmentioned
“In 1965, Coetzee went to the University of Texas at Austin in the United States and enrolled in bibliography and Old English courses.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1965year
United Statesmentioned
“In 1965, Coetzee went to the University of Texas at Austin in the United States and enrolled in bibliography and Old English courses.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1968 to 1971period
University at Buffalo, The State University of New Yorkmentioned
“In 1968, Coetzee began teaching English literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he stayed until 1971.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1972year
University of Cape Townmentioned
“In 1972, Coetzee returned to South Africa and was appointed lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Cape Town.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1972year
South Africamentioned
“In 1972, Coetzee returned to South Africa and was appointed lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Cape Town.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1995year
Buckingham Palacementioned
“He has also won the French Prix Femina étranger and two Commonwealth Writers' Prizes for the African region, for Master of St Petersburg in 1995 and for Disgrace in 2000 (the latter personally presented by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingha…”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1996 to 2010period
The American University of Parismentioned
“He holds honorary doctorates from The American University of Paris (2010), the University of Adelaide (2005), La Trobe University, the University of Natal (1996), the University of Oxford, Rhodes University, the State University of New Y…”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1996 to 2010period
The American Universitymentioned
“He holds honorary doctorates from The American University of Paris (2010), the University of Adelaide (2005), La Trobe University, the University of Natal (1996), the University of Oxford, Rhodes University, the State University of New Y…”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1996 to 2010period
Poznamentioned
“He holds honorary doctorates from The American University of Paris (2010), the University of Adelaide (2005), La Trobe University, the University of Natal (1996), the University of Oxford, Rhodes University, the State University of New Y…”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
1996year
Adelaidementioned
“Coetzee first visited Adelaide in 1996, when he was invited to appear at Adelaide Writers' Week.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
2001year
University of Texasmentioned
“In 2001 he won the Outstanding Alumnus award at the University of Texas.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
2002year
Englandmentioned
“His experiences in England are recounted in Youth (2002), his second volume of fictionalised memoirs.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
10 December 2003exact date
Stockholmmentioned
“The prize ceremony was held in Stockholm on 10 December 2003.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
2006year
American Philosophical Societymentioned
“In 2006, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.”
source: Wikipedia: J. M. Coetzee
22 February 2007exact date
2008year
2009year
November 2014month
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