Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 18. November 1939 |
Geburtsort | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Beschreibung | Margaret Eleanor Atwood CC OOnt CH FRSC FRSL (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television. |
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.
