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JM Coetzee is SA of the Year Arts winner

Professor John Coetzee (left) after receiving his Honorary Doctorate from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in 2005.
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Friday, 4 November 2011

Nobel Laureate and ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide Professor of Literature John Coetzee has won the Arts Award in this year's .

Professor John Coetzee received the in 2003 and his novels Life and Times of Michael K and Disgrace have both been awarded the Booker Prize.

He joined the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in 2002 and, since then, has mentored students in the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Discipline of English and Creative Writing, .

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ in 2005 and, recently, lent his name to the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s new .

The winner of the Health Award is an affiliate of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide. Associate Professor John Greenwood is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Discipline of Surgery, .

Associate Professor Greenwood is Director of the Royal Adelaide Hospital's world-class Burns Unit, and has developed a new burns treatment that will drastically reduce the pain, recovery time and treatment costs for burns patients.

The 2011 South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n of the Year category awards were presented at a special ceremony at the Adelaide Town Hall last night by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Stephen Yarwood.

Winners were recognised in the categories of Arts, Business, Community, Education, Environment, Health, Innovation, Tourism and Sports.

All winners of the 2011 South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n of the Year Awards were selected from both public and peer nominations. Each year Advantage SA, with the support of the Government of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, recognises inspirational South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ns through the South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n of the Year Awards.

The Awards celebrate and profile individuals or organisations that have demonstrated a consistent record of excellence and made a positive impact on the State.

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