CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE - John M. Coetzee (Cape Town, 1940) - A collection of

John M. Coetzee (Cape Town, 1940)1 autograph letter signed; 3 typed letters signed; 1 photograph signed by the South African novelist and essayist, along with André Brink one of most important authors of the anti-apartheid movement writing in Afrikaans, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and the Booker Prize in 1983 and 1999.Three typed letters signed 2 May 1985. To Peter Michielsen. Coetzee writes that he is not "eager to be interviewed. I would be prepared to answer some questions by letter...". 1 p., on aerogram paper.27 August 1986. To Tuula Wikander, who was conducting research on contemporary authors translated in Russian. He answers that none of his books have been translated into Russian and closes by saying that: "I believe that WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS has to date sold the most copies: some 60,000 in English. I am afraid I have no means of finding out the number of copies sold in other languages. It is also the most widely translated: into 14 languages". 1 p., on aerogram paper.18 May 1999. To Rolando Pieraccini, making observations about the Finnish characters in his works: "There is a Finnish character – not major, but not insubstantial either – in my novel The Master of Petersburg (1994). In American literature, I have vague and perhaps not trustworthy memories of Finnish characters in the writings of Rolvaag and perhaps also in the early stories of Ernest Hemingway". 1 p., on letterhead of the University of Cape Town. Envelope with autograph address included.Autograph letter signed, dated 16 November 1983. To Siv Lind. Coetzee informs Lind that he has not received her previous letters. He encloses a signed photograph. 1 p., with autograph address at the header. Envelope with autograph address included.Photographic portrait signed on the back. (8.5 x 12 cm)