biography
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Atwood, Margaret (Eleanor)
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| female
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| lived:
| (1939– )
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| biography:
| Novelist, short-story writer, poet, and critic, born in Ottawa, Ontario, SE Canada. She studied at the University of Toronto and Radcliffe College, becoming a lecturer in English literature. Her first published work, a collection of poems entitled The Circle Game (1966), won the Governor-General's Award. Since then she has published many volumes of poetry and short stories, but is best known as a novelist. Her controversial The Edible Woman (1969) is one of several novels focusing on women's issues. Her futuristic novel, The Handmaid's Tale (1985, filmed with a script by Pinter, 1990), was short-listed for the Booker Prize, as was Cat's Eye in 1989. Later books include The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin (2000, Booker). Her Survival (1972) is widely considered to be the best book on Canadian literature. |
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