Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Born | Margaret Eleanor Atwood November 18, 1939 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Period | 1961–present |
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Jim Polk
(m. 1968; div. 1973) |
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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