International School for Advanced Studies, Sapienza University of Rome | November 18, 1977 - Klagenfurt am Wörthersee: September 23, 1845 | Matteo Sommacal
Margaret Atwood
- Ottawa: November 18, 1939 celebration


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Canada -
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Margaret Atwood -
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Ottawa: November 18, 1939 -
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engineering Field of Work
- poetry
- essay
- literary criticism
- Canadian literature
- environmentalism
- Canadian poetry
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- Radcliffe College
- Leaside High School
- Harvard University
- University of Toronto
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- PEN Pinter Prize (2016)
- Scotiabank Giller Prize (1996)
- Toronto Book Awards (1977)
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Raymond Chandler Award (2017)
- honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (2005)
- Trillium Book Award (1991)
- Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (2017)
- Arthur C. Clarke Award (1987)
- Companion of the Order of Canada (1981)
- Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
- Lorne Pierce Medal (2018)
- honorary doctor of Harvard University (2004)
- Molson Prize (1981)
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2018)
- Princess of Asturias Literary Prize (2008)
- Humanist of the Year (1987)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Canada's Walk of Fame (2001)
- Helmerich Award (1999)
- Booker Prize (2019)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (1986)
- Golden Wreath (2016)
- Nelly Sachs Prize (2009)
- Hammett Prize (2001)
- honorary doctorate of Concordia University
- Harvard Centennial Medal (1990)
- St. Louis Literary Award (2017)
- Aurora Award for Best Graphic Novel (2017)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2012)
- Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama (1966)
- Dan David Prize (2010)
- Trillium Book Award (1995)
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (1985)
- Tähtivaeltaja Award (2016)
- Companion of Honour (2019)
- Order of Ontario (1990)
- honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal
- VH1 Trailblazer Honors (2019)
- Booker Prize (2000)
- Mondello Prize (1997)
- Franz Kafka Prize (2017)
- Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021)
- Scotiabank Giller Prize (2009)
- Trillium Book Award (1993)
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1981)
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- The Blind Assassin
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Cat's Eye
- Oryx and Crake
- Alias Grace
- The Year of the Flood
- Life Before Man
- Bodily Harm
- Dancing Girls & Other Stories
- Surfacing
- The Edible Woman
- The Heart Goes Last
- Hag-Seed
- Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
- The Testaments
- Democracy
- Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939) | PEN Pinter Prize (2016)