Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC is a Canadian writer. A prolific poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and activist, she has received national and international recognition for her writing.
ATWOOD, whose work has been published in over forty countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, now a successful MGM-Hulu television series currently preparing its fourth season, her novels include Cat's Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize; The Penelopiad; The Heart Goes Last; Hag-seed; and The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, published in September, 2019. She lives in Toronto some of the time.
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Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
| Born | 18 November 1939 |
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Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
| Born | 18 November 1939 |
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Fiction, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short story, self-fulfilment, Literature, History, Classic Literature, Juvenile audience, Collections, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Union, civil war, hanging, Imagination, Short Stories, Short stories, Juvenile fiction, American literature, English literature, Literature, collections, College readers, Children's fictionPlaces
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19th century, 1861-65, 20th century, 1861-1865, Antebellum era, Civil War, 1600s, Carnival, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1890, 21st century, 20e siecle, 1791-1841, 1912, 1944, 1993-, Current and near future., Siglo XIXID Numbers
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- Wikidata: Q183492
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