Margaret Atwood
scriitoare canadiană / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (n. , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) este o scriitoare canadiană, poetă și critic literar de limbă engleză, laureată a premiului Booker în anul 2000.
Mai multe informații Date personale, Născută ...
Margaret Atwood | |
Date personale | |
---|---|
Născută | (84 de ani)[1][2][3][4] Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[2] |
Căsătorită cu | Graeme Gibson[*][[Graeme Gibson (romancier canadian)|]][5][6] |
Cetățenie | Canada[7][8] |
Ocupație | scriitoare poet romancieră[*] pedagogă[*] critic literar[*] eseistă autor de non-ficțiune[*] scriitoare de science-fiction[*] inventatoare |
Locul desfășurării activității | Toronto[9] |
Limbi vorbite | limba franceză[10] limba engleză[10][11][12] Canadian English[*][[Canadian English (set of varieties of the English language native to Canada)|]] franceza canadiană[*] |
Studii | Victoria University[*][[Victoria University (federated college of the University of Toronto, Canada)|]] Leaside High School[*][[Leaside High School (high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)|]] Radcliffe College[*][[Radcliffe College (women's college in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1879-1999))|]] (Master of Arts[*][[Master of Arts (type of master's degree in the fields of humanities and social sciences)|]] în literatură engleză, ) Universitatea Harvard (literatură engleză, ) Universitatea Harvard (literatură engleză, ) |
Limbi | limba engleză |
Patronaj | University of Alberta[*][[University of Alberta (public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)|]][2] Universitatea din Columbia Britanică[2] Sir George Williams University[*][[Sir George Williams University (former public university)|]][2] York University[2] Universitatea New York Concordia University[*][[Concordia University (university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada)|]] |
Specie literară | ficțiune istorică[*], ficțiune speculativă, științifico-fantastic, utopian and dystopian fiction[*][[utopian and dystopian fiction (genres of literature that explore social and political structures)|]], eseu, poezie, feminist science fiction[*][[feminist science fiction (subgenre of science fiction)|]], tragedie, Distopie, roman |
Opere semnificative | Povestirea cameristei Cat's Eye[*][[Cat's Eye |]] Alias Grace[*][[Alias Grace |]] The Blind Assassin[*][[The Blind Assassin |]] Oryx and Crake[*][[Oryx and Crake |]] Surfacing[*][[Surfacing |]] La mujer comestible[*][[La mujer comestible |]] Dancing Girls & Other Stories[*][[Dancing Girls & Other Stories |]] Stone Mattress: Nine Tales[*][[Stone Mattress: Nine Tales |]] The Year of the Flood[*][[The Year of the Flood |]] |
Note | |
Premii | Bursă Guggenheim[*][2] Ordinul Canadei în grad de Companion[*][15] Order of Ontario[*][[Order of Ontario (order)|]][2] Molson Prize[*][[Molson Prize (award given by the Canada Council for the Arts)|]][16] Humanist of the Year[*][[Humanist of the Year (award of the American Humanist Association)|]][17] Premiul Literar al Prințesei Asturiilor[*][18] Harvard Centennial Medal[*][[Harvard Centennial Medal |]][19] Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama[*][[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama (Canadian literary award)|]] Governor General's Award for English-language fiction[*][[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (Canadian literary award)|]] Premiul Arthur C. Clarke Helmerich Award[*][[Helmerich Award (American literary prize)|]][20] Hammett Prize[*][[Hammett Prize (American literary award)|]] Premiul Booker[2][21] Zlaten venec[*][[Zlaten venec (a poetry award bestowed on internationally renowned poets at the Struga Poetry Evenings)|]][22] Premiul Nelly Sachs[23] Canada's Walk of Fame[*][[Canada's Walk of Fame (street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)|]][24] Premiul Dan David[*][25] Los Angeles Times Book Prize[*][[Los Angeles Times Book Prize (American literary awards)|]][26] Premiul pentru Pace al Librăriilor Germane[*][27][28] premiul Franz Kafka[*] Membru al Societății Regale din Canada[*] Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[*][[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (award of the Royal Society of Literature)|]] Membru al Academiei Americane de Arte și Științe[*][29] Scotiabank Giller Prize[*][[Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canadian literary award)|]] Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa[*][[Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa |]] Lorne Pierce Medal[*][[Lorne Pierce Medal (medal awarded every two years for literature in Canada)|]][30] Los Angeles Times Book Prize[*][[Los Angeles Times Book Prize (American literary awards)|]] Trillium Book Award[*][[Trillium Book Award (annual Canadian literary award)|]] Trillium Book Award[*][[Trillium Book Award (annual Canadian literary award)|]] Trillium Book Award[*][[Trillium Book Award (annual Canadian literary award)|]][31] Toronto Book Awards[*][[Toronto Book Awards (Canadian literary award)|]] Premio Literario de la Universidad de San Luis[*][[Premio Literario de la Universidad de San Luis (American fiction awards)|]][32] Tähtivaeltaja-palkinto[*][[Tähtivaeltaja-palkinto (annual prize by Helsingin science fiction seura ry for the best science fiction book released in Finnish)|]] PEN Pinter Prize[*][33] Aurora Award for Best Graphic Novel[*][[Aurora Award for Best Graphic Novel |]] Premio Mondello[*][[Premio Mondello (Italian literary award)|]] Scotiabank Giller Prize[*][[Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canadian literary award)|]] honorary doctor of Harvard University[*][[honorary doctor of Harvard University |]][34] Premiul Booker[35] premio Raymond Chandler[*][[premio Raymond Chandler |]] honorary doctorate of Concordia University[*][[honorary doctorate of Concordia University |]] Companion of Honour[*][[Companion of Honour (award in the Order of the Companions of Honour)|]] honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal[*][[honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal (award)|]] Ordinul de Merit al Republicii Federale Germania în grad de Ofițer[*] Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence[*][[Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence (Canadian literary award)|]] Carl Sandburg Literary Award[*][[Carl Sandburg Literary Award (award from Friends of the Chicago Public Library)|]][36] Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award[*][[Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award (annual American literary award)|]] VH1 Trailblazer Honors[*][[VH1 Trailblazer Honors (American award)|]] doctorat honoris causa de l'université Sorbonne-Nouvelle[*][[doctorat honoris causa de l'université Sorbonne-Nouvelle |]][37][38] |
Semnătură | |
Prezență online | |
Modifică date / text |
Închide
Este autoare a numeroase volume de proză, eseuri și poezie. A câștigat în 2000 premiul Booker cu opera The Blind Assasin, fiind nominalizată pentru același premiu cu Cat's Eye și Alias Grace. Cel mai recent roman al său, Oryx and Crake, a fost nominalizat atât pentru premiul Booker, cât și pentru premiul Orange.