Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian literary icon. His novels and poetry have earned international acclaim, and he was the first Canadian ever to win the Man Booker Prize in 1992, for the wartime storyThe English Patient. Born in Sri Lanka and educated in England, Ondaatje moved to Canada when he was 18 to attend university.

Ondaatjebegan his writing career in 1967 as a poet, winning two Governor General's Awards for poetry before turning to fiction. Following the success ofThe English Patient, he went on to win the Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award and France's prestigious Prix Medicis for his novelAnil's Ghost.

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