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Also known as Ondaatje, Philip Michael Ondaatje

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Canada
Active from
1943

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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>

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Ondaatje” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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