Quick Facts About Margaret Atwood
- Born
- November 18, 1939
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Non-fiction Writer
- Notable works
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Known for
- The Blind Assassin, The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye, Oryx and Crake, Alias Grace
- Spouse
- Graeme Gibson
About Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Order of Canada, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for literature, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
Biography source:
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Awards & Honors
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Dan David Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship
Giller Prize
Hammett Prize
Toronto Book Awards
Trillium Book Award
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
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Lorne Pierce Medal
Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
Franz Kafka Prize
Booker Prize
Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
Nelly Sachs Prize
Arthur C. Clarke Award
Order of Ontario
Tähtivaeltaja Award
Canada's Walk of Fame
Molson Prize
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
PEN Pinter Prize
Mondello Prize
Raymond Chandler Award
Harvard Centennial Medal
Helmerich Award
St. Louis Literary Award
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Companion of the Order of Canada
Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
honorary doctorate of Concordia University
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Companion of Honour
Humanist of the Year
Golden Wreath
Carl Sandburg Literary Award
honorary doctor of Harvard University
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
VH1 Trailblazer Honors
honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal
Aurora Award for Best Graphic Novel
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