Margaret Atwood [More Info]
03/03/2010 at 08:00 PM to 03/03/2010
Throughout her years of writing, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and many honorary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman, The Handmaid's Tale, The Robber Bride, The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000, and Moral Disorder and Other Stories. Atwood's newest novel, The Year of the Flood is scheduled for release in September 2009.
Her recent work in non-fiction includes, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, a timely analysis of the topic of debt as an enduring theme in religion, culture and history.
Atwood has been said to have an uncanny knack for writing books that anticipate the preoccupations of the public. Acclaimed for her talent for portraying both personal problems and those of universal concern, Atwood's work has been published in more than thirty-five languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian.
Margaret Atwood is a Joint Honourary President of the Rare Bird Society within BirdLife International.
Born in Ottawa, Atwood grew up in northern Ontario and Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.
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