- 1. MARGARETATWOOD LongPen The LongPen allows an author to
autograph books at a distance
2.
- Margaret Atwood is one of the Canada's major contemporary
authors; she is a prominent novelist and poet, and also writes
short stories, screenplays, radio scripts, critical studies and
books for children.
3.
- At the date she is author of more than thirty books in thirty
five countries, and her works having been translated into over 30
languages.
4.
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood called Peggy in her family, was born in
Ottawa, Ontario, in 1939
5. *At seven she moved to Toronto *After her high school
graduation in 1959, she studied at the University of Toronto *At
the age of 19 wrote Double Persephone (1961). It was a privately
printed book that won the E.J. Pratt medal.*She got her masters
degree at Radcliffe College, Massachusetts in 1962.*Between 1962
and 1967 she studied Victorian Literature at Harvard for her Ph.D.
and taught English at the University of British Columbia. 6.
- He wrote The Circle Game in 1964.
- She got Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry (Canada)
in 1966.
- married Jim Polk but after a
- few years the couple got divorce.
7. *Margaret Atwood is noted for her feminism too.*She is
considered a measure of the feminist thought *Her early feminist
treatise, "The Edible Woman was published in 1969. 8.
- The couple remain happily
- married to this day, and they
9.
- She has held a variety of academic posts and has been
writer-in-residence at numerous Canadian, European and American
universities.
10.
- * In 2008 Spain has named Margaret Atwood winner of the Prince
of Asturias Prize for Letters.
- *The jury praised Atwood for her " outstanding literary work
that has explored different genres with acuteness and irony. "
- *The jury also chose Atwood " because she cleverly assumes the
classic tradition, defends women's dignity and denounces social
unfairness ."
11.
- Margaret Atwood won the Crystal Award at the 2010 World
Economic Forum in Davos.
- Atwood and her partner Graeme Gibson are members of the Green
Party
- She has strong views on environmental issues.
- As an activist she supports many civil rights
organizations.
12.
- Margaret Atwood celebrated her 70th birthday at a gala dinner
at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, marking the final
stop of her international tour to promote The Year of the Flood,
her most recent novel published in 2009.
She's been a brilliant writer since her 20s, and her remarkably
versatile work continues to dazzle and innovate. 13. The moment
when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in
the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, island,
country, knowing at last how you got there, and say, I own this, is
the same moment when the trees unloose their soft arms from around
you, the birds take back their language, the cliffs fissure and
collapse, the air moves back from you like a wave and you can't
breathe. No , they whisper.You own nothing. You were a visitor,
time after time climbing the hill, planting the flag, proclaiming.
We never belonged to you . You never found us. It was always the
other way round . The Moment