How to pronounce Lisa Fugard: F(Y)OO-GAHRD (same for her father, Athol)
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Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 9, 1940, J. M. Coetzee studied first at Cape Town and later at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a PhD degree in literature. In 1972, he returned to South Africa ... (more)
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