Michael Ondaatje speaks after receiving the Golden Man Booker literary prize for his novel, The English Patient in 2018.
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Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje
In the Skin of a Lion
Date of birth
1943
Point of origin
Sri Lanka
Ondaatje came to Canada in 1962, pursuing studies at the University of Toronto and Queen’s University.
Michael Ondaatje’s literary career spans poetry, criticism, editing, as well as writing major novels. He is seen here at the Coach House Press in Toronto, 1999.
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Michael Ondaatje, 1979, with his poetry collection, There’s a Trick With a Knife I’m Learning to Do. Later that year, the work would earn Ondaatje his second Governor General’s Literary Award.
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Michael Ondaatje, 1943- , Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.
Ondaatje came to Canada in 1962, pursuing studies at the University of Toronto and Queen’s University. Widely acknowledged as one of Canada’s great authors, both his poetry and fiction have garnered many awards, including five Governor General’s Awards. He is also an editor, literary critic, and filmmaker.
