Philip Michael Ondaatje (1943-09-12) 12 September 1943 (age 80) Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Occupation
Author
Language
English
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)
Philip Michael OndaatjeCC FRSL (/ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː/; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.[1]
Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing The Dainty Monsters, and then in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid.[2] His novel The English Patient (1992), adapted into a film in 1996[2] won the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize.[3]
Ondaatje has been "fostering new Canadian writing"[4] with two decades commitment to Coach House Press (ca. 1970–1990), and his editorial credits include the journal Brick, and the Long Poem Anthology (1979), among others.[4]
^Aaron, Jane (2016). The compact reader. Macmillan Education. p. 63.
^ abThesen, Sharon. "Michael Ondaatje". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^"Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient wins prestigious Golden Man Booker Prize | CBC Books".
^ ab"Michael Ondaatje." In An Anthology of Canadian Literature in English, edited by Donna Bennett and Russell Brown, 928-30. 3rd ed. Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press, 2010.
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