Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. She is best known for writing novels. She has also published 15 books of poetry.[3] The Edible Woman was her first novel, published in 1969.
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| Born | Margaret Eleanor Atwood 18 November 1939 (aged 86) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||
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| Period | 1961–present | ||||||||
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| Spouse | Jim Polk
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| Partner | Graeme Gibson (1973–2019; his death)[1] | ||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||
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Her novel The Handmaid's Tale was the first winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, in 1987. The sequel, The Testaments, was released on September 10, 2019.
Her book The Blind Assassin won the 2000 Booker Prize.
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Atwood attending a reading at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in September 2006
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A member of the political action group The Handmaid Coalition
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References
- ↑ Potts, Robert (April 26, 2003). "Light in the Wilderness". The Guardian (London). https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/apr/26/fiction.margaretatwood. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ↑ "Margaret Atwood". Front Row.
- ↑ Atwood, Margaret (16 July 2001). "Margaret Atwood - Poet - Academy of American Poets". Margaret Atwood.