Michael Ondaatje
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Michael Ondaatje was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on September 12, 1943. He moved to Canada in 1962 and became a Canadian citizen. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and a M.A. from Queen's University, Kingston, and taught English at York University. He has written several volumes vis mere of poetry, novels, and other works including There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do, The Dainty Monsters, Rat Jelly, Coming through Slaughter, Running in the Family, In the Skin of a Lion, Anil's Ghost, and The Cat's Table. His title, Warlight, made the bestseller list in 2018. Ondaatje has won numerous awards including the Canadian Governor General's Award in 1971 for The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and the Booker Prize in Fiction for The English Patient, which was adapted into a film in 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka. He now lives in Toronto. (Publisher Provided) vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Michael Ondaatje
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out… (2000) — Redaktør — 301 eksemplarer
Michael Ondaatje Omnibus: The Collected Works of Billy the Kid; Running in the Family; In the Skin of the Lion; The… (1997) 26 eksemplarer
ආගන්තුක රෝගියා 1 eksemplar
al-Mar @0131@1E0D al-inkl @0131z @0131 1 eksemplar
Mortifications (ROBERTSON) 1 eksemplar
Quarry: volume 15, number 3 1 eksemplar
CLAUDE GLASS. 1 eksemplar
The Clinton Special: A Film about The Farm Show 1 eksemplar
Two poems 1 eksemplar
Carry on Crime and Punishment 1 eksemplar
The Sons of Captain Poetry 1 eksemplar
Personal Fictions 1 eksemplar
Light 1 eksemplar
Untitled Compilation 1 eksemplar
The Poetry Chains of Dominic Luxford 1 eksemplar
Michael Ondaatje: Collected Works 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Bidragyder — 452 eksemplarer
100 Journeys for the Spirit: Sacred, Inspiring, Mysterious, Enlightening (2010) — Bidragyder — 56 eksemplarer
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Bidragyder — 24 eksemplarer
Many Roads Through Paradise: An Anthology Of Sri Lankan Literature (translation) (2014) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Periodics, Number 5, Spring 1979 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Ondaatje, Philip Michael
- Fødselsdato
- 1943
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Ceylon (geboren)
Canada - Land (til kort)
- Canada
- Fødested
- Colombo, Ceylon
- Bopæl
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
England, UK
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Uddannelse
- Bishop's University
University of Toronto (BA|1965)
Queen's University (MA|1967) - Erhverv
- poet
novelist
English literature instuctor - Relationer
- Ondaatje, Christopher (brother)
Spalding, Linda (wife)
Ondaatje, Kim (1st wife)
Ondaatje, David (nephew) - Organisationer
- University of Western Ontario
York University (1971)
Glendon College (1971) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Order of Canada (Officer | 1988)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary Member | 1990)
CBA Libris Award (1993) - Agent
- Steven Barclay Agency
Medlemmer
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January 2013: Michael Ondaatje i Monthly Author Reads (februar 2013)
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War Literature (1)
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- Værker
- 57
- Also by
- 13
- Medlemmer
- 31,520
- Popularitet
- #626
- Vurdering
- 3.8
- Anmeldelser
- 735
- ISBN
- 627
- Sprog
- 26
- Udvalgt
- 135