As for September 11, let us not too easily grant the Americans possession of that date on the calendar. Like May 1 or July 14 or December 25, September 11 may seem full of significance to some people, while to other people it is just another day.

M. In a speech given on his behalf by Hugo Weaving in Sydney on 22 February 2007 Coetzee railed against the modern animal husbandry industry.   – Coetzee reviews Martha Dow Fehsenfeld and Lois More Overbeck (eds) (2009).

Coetzee has been described as "inarguably the most celebrated and decorated" living writer in the Anglosphere. " Coetzee (/kʊtˈsiː/ kuut-SEE; born 9 February 1940) is a novelist essayist linguist translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. Before receiving the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature he was awarded the CNA Prize (thrice) the Prix Femina Étranger The Irish Times International Fiction Prize and the Booker Prize (twice) among other accolades.