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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer best known for her prose fiction and for her feminist perspective. Her notable books included The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Alias Grace (1996), The Blind Assassin (2000), Oryx and Crake (2003), and The Testaments (2019). Learn more about Atwood's life and work.

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Birthdate
November 18, 1939
Birthplace
Ottawa
Ottawa
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The Blind Assassin
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The Robber Bride
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Alias Grace
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The Handmaid's Tale
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The Edible Woman
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Canada
Canada
Chicago
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Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
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Margaret Eleanor Atwood CC OOnt CH FRSC FRSL (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards.[2] A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.

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Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72579.Alias_Grace

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1996

Extended interview: Author Margaret Atwood talks her career, The Handmaid's Tale and today's society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgOJ60LXfUA

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February 8, 2020

Margaret Atwood interview (2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-7Pe6XNkLo

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October 3, 2016

Margaret Atwood interview | US elections and Handmaids Tale | Buitenhof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YedVnU9PU

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September 27, 2020

Margaret Atwood on her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, politics of fear and the climate crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH2ltR-xvFI

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September 11, 2019

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