Arise Sir John
18.05.2010
Award-winning author, J.M. Coetzee has been knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion by The Royal Civilian Order of the Netherlands
The two-times Booker winner and Nobel laureate has been recognised for his immense body of work, which includes such outstanding books as Diary of a Bad Year, Disgrace, Life & Times of Michael K and most recently Summertime.
Rarely awarded to someone born outside the Netherlands, the knighthood is a recognition of J.M. Coetzee’s efforts to promote Dutch literature and poetry. He received the award at last week’s Is this J.M. Coetzee? Festival in Amsterdam.
Our warmest congratulations to John.
Subhradeep — 22 February at 08:54PM
I hope you are wrong on the last note.I hope that we will reach 10-10-10 beorfe the shit hits the fan in Holland.Curacao can simply not be totally independent .we do not have enough inhabitants to support a healthy economy.