Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

(1939) non-fiction writer Canada

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[Wikidata] Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)... | [Wikipedia] 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

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.

Known for:

The Blind Assassin|The Handmaid's Tale|Cat's Eye|Oryx and Crake|Alias Grace|Bodily Harm|Dancing Girls & Other Stories|Surfacing|The Year of the Flood|The Heart Goes Last|Stone Mattress: Nine Tales|Life Before Man|The Edible Woman|Hag-Seed|The Testaments|Democracy

Notable works:

The Handmaid's Tale

Awards:

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|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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