Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and spent her childhood in the forests of northern Quebec and Ontario, where her father, an entomologist, conducted his research; she started school rather late. A poet first, a critic afterwards, she has published more than fifty volumes and twice received the Booker Prize. She lives in Toronto and speaks out publicly on questions of the environment and freedom of expression. She has deposited a manuscript in a Norwegian library that will not be read until 2114.

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• NovelThe Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood · 1985Literature