Margaret Atwood
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| - | '''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (born [[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[Canadian]] [[writer]]. A prolific [[poet]], [[novel|novelist]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], [[feminism|feminist]] and [[activism|political activist]], she has received national and international recognition for her writing. {{GFDL}} | + | '''Margaret Eleanor Atwood''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (born [[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[Canadian]] [[writer]]. A prolific [[poet]], [[novel|novelist]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], [[feminism|feminist]] and [[activism|political activist]], best-known for her novel ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]''. |
| + | ==Works== | ||
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| + | === Novels === | ||
| + | *''[[The Edible Woman]]'' ([[1969 in literature|1969]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Surfacing (novel)|Surfacing]]'' ([[1972 in literature|1972]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Lady Oracle]]'' ([[1976 in literature|1976]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Life Before Man]]'' ([[1979 in literature|1979]]) - finalist for the [[1979 Governor General's Awards|1979 Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[Bodily Harm (novel)|Bodily Harm]]'' ([[1981 in literature|1981]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' ([[1985 in literature|1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] and the [[1985 Governor General's Awards|1985 Governor General's Award]]. | ||
| + | *''[[Cat's Eye (novel)|Cat's Eye]]'' ([[1988 in literature|1988]]) - finalist for the [[1988 Governor General's Awards|1988 Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Robber Bride]]'' ([[1993 in literature|1993]]) - finalist for the [[1994 Governor General's Awards|1994 Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[Alias Grace]]'' ([[1996 in literature|1996]]) - winner of the 1996 [[Giller Prize]] and finalist for the [[1996 Governor General's Awards|1996 Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Blind Assassin]]'' ([[2000 in literature|2000]]) - winner of the 2000 [[Booker Prize]] and finalist for the [[2000 Governor General's Awards|2000 Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' ([[2003 in literature|2003]]) - finalist for the [[2003 Governor General's Awards|2003 Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Penelopiad]]'' ([[2005 in literature|2005]]) - longlisted for the 2007 [[IMPAC Award]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Poetry collections === | ||
| + | *''[[Double Persephone]]'' ([[1961 in poetry|1961]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Circle Game (collection)|The Circle Game]]'' ([[1964 in poetry|1964]]) - winner of the 1966 [[Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[Expeditions, by Margaret Atwood|Expeditions]]'' ([[1965 in poetry|1965]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein]]'' ([[1966 in poetry|1966]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Animals in That Country]]'' ([[1968 in poetry|1968]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Journals of Susanna Moodie]]'' ([[1970 in poetry|1970]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Procedures for Underground]]'' (1970) | ||
| + | *''[[Power Politics (collection)|Power Politics]]'' ([[1971 in poetry|1971]]) | ||
| + | *''[[You Are Happy]]'' ([[1974 in poetry|1974]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Selected Poems (collection)|Selected Poems]]'' ([[1976 in poetry|1976]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Two-Headed Poems]]'' ([[1978 in poetry|1978]]) | ||
| + | *''[[True Stories (collection)|True Stories]]'' ([[1981 in poetry|1981]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Love songs of a Terminator]]'' ([[1983 in poetry|1983]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Interlunar]]'' ([[1984 in poetry|1984]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Morning in the Burned House]]'' ([[1996 in poetry|1996]]) | ||
| + | *[http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/features/feature.php?storyId=364 "The Moment" from ''Morning in Burned House'', online at CBC Words at Large] | ||
| + | *''[[Eating Fire: Selected Poems, 1965-1995]]'' ([[1998 in poetry|1998]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Door (Margaret Atwood poetry)|The Door]]'' ([[2007 in poetry|2007]]) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Short fiction collections === | ||
| + | *''[[Dancing Girls (book)|Dancing Girls]]'' ([[1977 in literature|1977]]) - winner of the [[St. Lawrence Award for Fiction]] and the award of The Periodical Distributors of Canada for Short Fiction | ||
| + | *''[[Murder in the Dark]]'' ([[1983 in literature|1983]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Bluebeard's Egg]]'' (1983) | ||
| + | *''[[Through the One-Way Mirror]]'' ([[1986 in literature|1986]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Wilderness Tips (book)|Wilderness Tips]]'' ([[1991 in literature|1991]]) - finalist for the 1991 [[Governor General's Award]] | ||
| + | *''[[Good Bones]]'' ([[1992 in literature|1992]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Good Bones and Simple Murders]]'' ([[1994 in literature|1994]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Tent - novel by Margaret Atwood|The Tent]]'' ([[2006 in literature|2006]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Moral Disorder]]'' (2006) | ||
| + | </div><div style="float:right; width:49%;"> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Anthologies edited === | ||
| + | *''[[The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse]]'' ([[1982 in poetry|1982]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Canlit Foodbook: From Pen to palate - A Collection of Tasty Literary Fare]]'' ([[1987 in poetry|1987]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English]]'' ([[1988 in poetry|1988]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Best American Short Stories 1989]]'' ([[1989 in poetry|1989]]) (with [[Shannon Ravenel]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English]]'' ([[1995 in poetry|1995]]) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Other short stories === | ||
| + | |||
| + | *''[[Death by Landscape]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Rape Fantasies]]'' ([[1977 in literature|1977]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Unearthing Suite]]'' ([[1983 in literature|1983]]) | ||
| + | *''[[When it Happens]]'' (1983) | ||
| + | *''[[Freeforall (short story)|Freeforall]]'' ([[1986 in literature|1986]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Homelanding]]'' ([[1989 in literature|1989]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Daphne and Laura and So Forth]]'' ([[1995 in literature|1995]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Half-Hanged Mary]]'' (1995) | ||
| + | *''[[The Labrador Fiasco]]'' ([[1996 in literature|1996]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Shopping (short story)|Shopping]]'' ([[1998 in literature|1998]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Bread (short story)|Bread]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Happy Endings (short story)|Happy Endings]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Children's books === | ||
| + | *''[[Up in the Tree]]'' ([[1978 in literature|1978]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Anna's Pet]]'' ([[1980 in literature|1980]]) with Joyce C. Barkhouse | ||
| + | *''[[For the Birds (book)|For the Birds]]'' ([[1990 in literature|1990]]) (with [[Shelly Tanaka]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut]]'' ([[1995 in literature|1995]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda]]'' ([[2006 in literature|2006]]) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Non-fiction === | ||
| + | *''[[Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature]]'' ([[1972 in literature|1972]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Days of the Rebels 1815-1840]]'' ([[1977 in literature|1977]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Second Words: Selected Critical Prose]]'' ([[1982 in literature|1982]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature]]'' ([[1995 in literature|1995]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing]]'' ([[2002 in literature|2002]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Moving Targets: Writing with Intent, 1982-2004]]'' ([[2004 in literature|2004]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose--1983-2005]]'' ([[2005 in literature|2005]]) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Drawings === | ||
| + | *''[[Kanadian Kultchur Komix]]'' featuring "Survivalwoman" in ''[[This Magazine]]'' under the pseudonym, Bart Gerrard 1975-1980 | ||
| + | *Others appear on her website. | ||
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Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. A prolific poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and political activist, best-known for her novel The Handmaid's Tale.
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Works
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Novels
- The Edible Woman (1969)
- Surfacing (1972)
- Lady Oracle (1976)
- Life Before Man (1979) - finalist for the 1979 Governor General's Award
- Bodily Harm (1981)
- The Handmaid's Tale (1985) - winner of the 1987 Arthur C. Clarke Award and the 1985 Governor General's Award.
- Cat's Eye (1988) - finalist for the 1988 Governor General's Award
- The Robber Bride (1993) - finalist for the 1994 Governor General's Award
- Alias Grace (1996) - winner of the 1996 Giller Prize and finalist for the 1996 Governor General's Award
- The Blind Assassin (2000) - winner of the 2000 Booker Prize and finalist for the 2000 Governor General's Award
- Oryx and Crake (2003) - finalist for the 2003 Governor General's Award
- The Penelopiad (2005) - longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award
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Poetry collections
- Double Persephone (1961)
- The Circle Game (1964) - winner of the 1966 Governor General's Award
- Expeditions (1965)
- Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein (1966)
- The Animals in That Country (1968)
- The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970)
- Procedures for Underground (1970)
- Power Politics (1971)
- You Are Happy (1974)
- Selected Poems (1976)
- Two-Headed Poems (1978)
- True Stories (1981)
- Love songs of a Terminator (1983)
- Interlunar (1984)
- Morning in the Burned House (1996)
- "The Moment" from Morning in Burned House, online at CBC Words at Large
- Eating Fire: Selected Poems, 1965-1995 (1998)
- The Door (2007)
[edit]
Short fiction collections
- Dancing Girls (1977) - winner of the St. Lawrence Award for Fiction and the award of The Periodical Distributors of Canada for Short Fiction
- Murder in the Dark (1983)
- Bluebeard's Egg (1983)
- Through the One-Way Mirror (1986)
- Wilderness Tips (1991) - finalist for the 1991 Governor General's Award
- Good Bones (1992)
- Good Bones and Simple Murders (1994)
- The Tent (2006)
- Moral Disorder (2006)
[edit]
Anthologies edited
- The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (1982)
- The Canlit Foodbook: From Pen to palate - A Collection of Tasty Literary Fare (1987)
- The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1988)
- The Best American Short Stories 1989 (1989) (with Shannon Ravenel)
- The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1995)
[edit]
Other short stories
- Death by Landscape
- Rape Fantasies (1977)
- Unearthing Suite (1983)
- When it Happens (1983)
- Freeforall (1986)
- Homelanding (1989)
- Daphne and Laura and So Forth (1995)
- Half-Hanged Mary (1995)
- The Labrador Fiasco (1996)
- Shopping (1998)
- Bread
- Happy Endings
[edit]
Children's books
- Up in the Tree (1978)
- Anna's Pet (1980) with Joyce C. Barkhouse
- For the Birds (1990) (with Shelly Tanaka)
- Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut (1995)
- Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes
- Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda (2006)
[edit]
Non-fiction
- Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (1972)
- Days of the Rebels 1815-1840 (1977)
- Second Words: Selected Critical Prose (1982)
- Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature (1995)
- Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (2002)
- Moving Targets: Writing with Intent, 1982-2004 (2004)
- Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose--1983-2005 (2005)
[edit]
Drawings
- Kanadian Kultchur Komix featuring "Survivalwoman" in This Magazine under the pseudonym, Bart Gerrard 1975-1980
- Others appear on her website.
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