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Michael Ondaatje
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Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943-09-12
- Works
- 167
Top works
- The Distance of a Shout: Selected Poems
- A Year of Last Things
- English Patient
- Coming Through Slaughter
- EL FANTASMA D'ANIL
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Film & TV
Directing · Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943), OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Ondaatje, licensed under…
Known for
- Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott — Self2016
- Al Purdy Was Here — (voice)2015
- Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage2013
- Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant — Himself2006
- Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing — Self2004
- Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet — Himself1999
- Poetry in Motion — Self1982
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 206
- Total plays
- 4,042
Micheal Ondaatje is a well respected Canadian poet and novelist (born in Sri Lanka) who also teaches at York University in Toronto. His noted works include "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" (1970 poetry) and "The English Patient" (1992 novel). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Ondaatje">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,397x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,786x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,803x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,497x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,507x
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Key facts
- Born
- Philip Michael Ondaatje , ( 1943-09-12 ) 12 September 1943 (age 82) , Colombo , Western Province , British Ceylon , (now Sri Lanka )
- Occupation
- Author
- Language
- English
- Education
- Dulwich College
- Alma mater
- University of Toronto , Queen's University , Bishop's University
- Notable works
- The English Patient Running in the Family Divisadero In the Skin of a Lion Coming Through Slaughter Warlight
- Notable awards
- Governor General's Award – Poetry , Booker Prize , Giller Prize , Prix Médicis étranger , Order of Canada , St. Louis Literary Award
- Spouse
- Linda Spalding
- Relatives
- Christopher Ondaatje (brother)
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Encyclopedic overview
Philip Michael Ondaatje (/ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː/; born 12 September 1943) is a Ceylon-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry: in 1967 he published The Dainty Monsters, and in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. His novel The English Patient (1992), adapted as a film in 1996, received the Booker Prize in 1992. It later won the Golden Man Booker Prize as the best of the first 51 Booker Prize winners.
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