Michael Ondaatje
1943
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Canada
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Toronto, Dulwich College, Queen's University, Bishop's University
occupation: poet, novelist, pedagogue, writer, screenwriter, university teacher, author
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Companion of the Order of Canada, Prix Médicis étranger, Nelly Sachs Prize, Booker Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Scotiabank Giller Prize, Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, Governor General's Literary Awards, Officer of the Order of Canada
Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing The Dainty Monsters, and then in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. His novel The English Patient (1992), adapted into a film in 1996 won the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize.Ondaatje has been "fostering new Canadian writing" with two decades commitment to Coach House Press (ca. 1970–1990), and his editorial credits include the journal Brick, and the Long Poem Anthology (1979), among others. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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