Michael Ondaatje
- Philip Michael Ondaatje
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- Ondaatje, Michael
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- Male
- Date of birth
- 1943-09-12
- Place of birth
- Colombo
Wikipedia
Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lanka-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.
Ondaatje has been "fostering new Canadian writing" with two decades' commitment to Coach House Press (ca. 1970–1990). His editorial credits include the journal Brick, and the Long Poem Anthology (1979), among others.
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Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, novelist, editor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller Prize, the Booker Prize, and the Prix Médicis étranger.Last modified: 2020-08-11 (revision #20227)
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divisadero | Hardcover | 978-3-446-20923-7 | 2007 |
| Der englische Patient | Paperback | 3-423-08404-9 | 1997-03 |
| Der englische Patient | Hardcover | 3-937793-22-4 | 2004 |
| Katzentisch | Paperback | 978-3-423-14286-1 | 2018 |
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- Michael Ondaatje wrote Anil's Ghost
- Michael Ondaatje wrote Anils Geist
- Michael Ondaatje wrote blurb for Das Gleichgewicht der Welt
- Michael Ondaatje wrote Katzentisch
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- 2025-01-22