Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje | |
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Ondaatje speaking at Tulane University, 2010 | |
| Born | Philip Michael Ondaatje 12 September 1943 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Education | Dulwich College |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Queen's University Bishop's University |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award – Poetry Booker Prize Giller Prize Prix Médicis étranger Order of Canada St. Louis Literary Award |
| Spouse | Linda Spalding |
| Relatives | Christopher Ondaatje (brother) |
Philip Michael Ondaatje CC FRSL (/ɒnˈdɑːtʃiː/; born 12 September 1943) is a Ceylon-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry: in 1967 he published The Dainty Monsters, and in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. His novel The English Patient (1992), adapted as a film in 1996, received the Booker Prize in 1992. It later won the Golden Man Booker Prize as the best of the first 51 Booker Prize winners.
Ondaatje has been "fostering new Canadian writing" with two decades' commitment to Coach House Press (ca. 1970–1990). His editorial credits include the journal Brick, and the Long Poem Anthology (1979), among others.