Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

CH CC OOnt FRSC
Margaret Atwood; CH CC OOnt FRSC
	Atwood at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair
Born	Margaret Eleanor Atwood; 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)
Children	1
Signature
	Atwood's voice from BBC Radio 4's Front Row, July 24, 2007
Website
	margaretatwood.ca

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.

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

References

↑ Potts, Robert (April 26, 2003). "Light in the Wilderness". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
↑ "Margaret Atwood". Front Row. July 24, 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
↑ Atwood, Margaret (16 July 2001). "Margaret Atwood - Poet - Academy of American Poets". Margaret Atwood.

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[1] Potts, Robert (April 26, 2003). "Light in the Wilderness". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[FrontRow-2] "Margaret Atwood". Front Row. July 24, 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved January 18, 2014.

[3] Atwood, Margaret (16 July 2001). "Margaret Atwood - Poet - Academy of American Poets". Margaret Atwood.

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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

Signature
Atwood's voice from BBC Radio 4's Front Row, July 24, 2007^[2]
Website
margaretatwood.ca