Since my most viewed post is the one from Oct. 2006 called “ignorance is NOT bliss, or how to pronounce ‘Coetzee,’” I thought I’d follow up. A comment from Sept. 2010 by Bob offers a link to a section of the BBC website that helps readers with pronunciation of Booker prize-winning authors, and we get J. M. Coetzee’s own preference for the pronunciation of his name. Here’s the link: How to Say: JM Coetzee and other Booker authors.



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