In a novel, this person publishes a few “pseudo-poems” randomly generated on an Atlas Computer from The Heights of Macchu Picchu. Another novel begins with excerpts from this person’s notebooks interrupted by annotations like “to be expanded on: his father’s response to the times as compared to his own.” After this person’s death, Julia and other acquaintances from the 70s describe how this person was “not built for love” in interviews with his unscrupulous biographer, Mr. Vincent. This fictionalized person is the protagonist of an (*) “autrebiographical” (“OH-truh biographical”) trilogy of novels that depict him writing a thesis on Ford Madox Ford and working for IBM after graduating from the University of Cape Town. For 10 points, name this real-life author of Boyhood, Youth, and Summertime whose other fictional alter egos include Elizabeth Costello. ■END■
ANSWER: J. M. Coetzee [or John Coetzee or John Maxwell Coetzee; reject “Elizabeth Costello”] (“John Coetzee” does in fact die between Youth and Summertime.)
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