Daily Quiz: On literary works of South African writer and Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee

1 / 7 |
Mr. Coetzee’s Foe (1986) is a metafictional rewriting of which famous 18th century adventure novel?

Answer : Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe

DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER?
YES
NO

SHOW ANSWER

2 / 7 |
In his 1994 work of fiction, The Master of Petersburg, the author employs which real-life Russian writer, renowned for his existentialist themes, as the protagonist.

3 / 7 |
Mr. Coetzee was the first author to be conferred with the ______ twice. (Hint: a prestigious literary award) Fill in the blank.

4 / 7 |
Which character created by the author delivers lectures comparing animal slaughter to the Holocaust? The recurring persona first appeared in his 1994 book The Lives of Animals and later became the protagonist of his 2003 novel bearing her name.

5 / 7 |
Summertime (2009) marks the final instalment in a trilogy of quasi-autobiographical works from the academic. What are the other two books in the series.

Answer : Boyhood (1997) and Youth (2002)

DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER?
YES
NO

SHOW ANSWER

6 / 7 |
John Maxwell Coetzee received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. He became only the second South African, after ___________, to receive the honour in the field. Fill in the blank

7 / 7 |
What was the title of the acclaimed author’s first book?