24 AUGUST 2024
Canadian Poet - Michael Ondaatje
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Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
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Ondaatje was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1943.
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Ondaatje's literary career began with in 1967, publishing 'The Dainty Monsters'.
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In addition to writing novels, plays, and poetry collections, Ondaatje has edited several books.
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His novel The English Patient (1992) won the Booker Prize, the Canada Australia Prize, and the Governor General's Award.
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It was adapted as a motion picture in 1996, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and multiple other awards.
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The Story (2006), Handwriting (1999), Anil’s Ghost (2000), Secular Love (1984) are his major works.
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