Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood CH CC OOnt FRSC (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.

Margaret Atwood CH CC OOnt FRSC
Atwood at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair
Born	Margaret Eleanor Atwood (1939-11-18) November 18, 1939 (age 85) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of Toronto Harvard University
Period	1961–present
Genre	Historical fiction speculative fiction science fiction dystopian fiction
Notable works	Surfacing (1972) The Handmaid's Tale (1985) Cat's Eye (1988) Alias Grace (1996) The Blind Assassin (2000) Oryx and Crake (2003)
Spouse	Jim Polk ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1973)​
Partner	Graeme Gibson (1973–2019; his death)[1]
Children	1
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Website
margaretatwood.ca

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.

Related pages

• List of poets from North America