Win tickets to see film adaptation of Disgrace

ICA to screen adaptation of Coetzee’s Booker winning novel

11 November 2009

The ICA is releasing the film Disgrace on 4 December, a powerful adaptation of J M Coetzee's 1999 Booker Prize winning novel. The film is directed by Steve Jacobs and stars John Malkovich.

Ahead of the general release there will be previews at the ICA on 1, 2 and 3 December, the Thursday 3 December at 18.45 preview will be a special screening with a discussion panel. The talk will be chaired by Claire Armistead, Literary Editor of The Guardian, who will be joined on the panel by Boyd Tonkin, (Literary Editor of The Independent and a judge when Disgrace won the Booker Prize), author Justin Cartwright and editor Geoff Mulligan.

Disgrace tells the story of a South African professor of romantic poetry who is disgraced when he has an affair with a student, and confronts a violent reality on his daughter's remote farm. 

J M Coetzee was born in South Africa in 1940. He won the 1983 Booker Prize with Life & Times of Michael K and then again with Disgrace in 1999. Coetzee was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Elizabeth Costello (2003) and Slow Man (2005), and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009 for Summertime. In 2003 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He now lives in Australia.

In an exclusive competition, the ICA is offering Man Booker Prize website readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to this special event. The winner will also receive a copy of the book Disgrace.

To enter the competition please answer the following question:

What is the name of the disgraced professor in J M Coetzee's 1999 Booker Prize winning novel?

Please send your answer along with your name and full postal address to editor@themanbookerprize.com 

The competition closes on Sunday 22 November 2009 and the winner will be informed on Monday 23 November.

The ICA is situated at The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH ICA. Please note that travel costs are not covered in this competition.

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