Margaret Atwood
Also known as Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Marqaret Etvud
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
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Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer and public intellectual born in 1939, known for her work as a poet, novelist, literary critic, and essayist. She matters because her influential books—most notably *The Handmaid's Tale*—have shaped contemporary literature and cultural conversations, while her activism on environmental and other issues has extended her impact beyond the literary world.
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- 18 November 1939
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Writing · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Born in Ottawa and raised in Toronto, Margaret Atwood graduated from the University of Toronto’s Victoria College in 1961 and pursued a master's at Harvard in 1963. Her teaching stint at the University of British Columbia marked her start, but it was her poetry collection, "The Circle Game," in 1964 that brought her initial literary acclaim. Her debut novel, "The Edible Woman" (1969), resonated…
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- Palabra de... — Self2026
- The Testaments — Prison Matron2026
- Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble — Self2020
- Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power — Self - Writer2019
- BookTube — Self2019
- Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women — Herself - Contributor
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Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Order of Canada, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for literature, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
Atwood's works encompass a variety of themes including gender and identity, religion and myth, the power of language, climate change, and power politics. Many of her poems are inspired by myths and fairy tales which interested her from a very early age.
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