JM Coetzee wins 2003 Nobel Literature Prize

South-African born author John Maxwell Coetzee has been awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy described him as someone "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider". His "novels are characterised by their well-crafted composition, pregnant dialogue, and analytical brilliance. But at the same time he is a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilisation."
• Read the Nobel Press release
• Find out more about JM Coetzee in the Nobel Biography
• Watch the award ceremony.