John M. Coetzee
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J. M. Coetzee receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2003.
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J. M. Coetzee at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2003.
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Right to left: Laureates in Economic Sciences Clive W.J. Granger and Robert F. Engle, Literature Laureate John M. Coetzee, and Medicine Laureate Sir Peter Mansfield.
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Nobel Laureate in Literature, John M. Coetzee, center. The South African ambassador to Sweden Sonto Kudjoe, left, and her husband Dr John Kudjoe, right, after the 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
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