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Public Appearance
Margaret Atwood will
appear on Thursday, November 6, 2003. Her reading will be free and open
to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing.
*Most
of the information below is courtesy
of Ms. Atwood's website, www.owtoad.com.
Born
18
November, 1939. Ottawa, Ontario
Education
Victoria
College, University of Toronto, B.A., 1961
Radcliffe
College, Cambridge, Mass., A.M., 1962
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass., 1962-63, 1965-67
Employment
Lecturer
in English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1964-65
Instructor in
English, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, 1967-68
University
of Alberta, 1969-70
Assistant
Professor of English, York University, Toronto, 1971-72
Writer-In-Residence,
University of Toronto, 1972-73
M.F.A. Honorary
Chair, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1985
Berg Chair,
New York University, 1986
Writer-In-Residence,
Macquarie University, Australia, 1987
Writer-In-Residence,
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1989
Select
Associations
Writers'
Union of Canada (vice-chair, 1980-81)
PEN International
(President of Canadian Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986)
Amnesty International,
Royal Society of Canada (fellow)
Honorary
Degrees
From
Cambridge University, Oxford University, Mount Holyoke College, University
of Toronto, Smith College, and many others.
Bibliography
To find reviews of Margaret Atwood's books,
go to our Book Reviews guide.
To find additional articles or short stories by Margaret Atwood or articles about her, search
for her name in Article First ,
Academic Search Premier,
Contemporary Women's Issues
and MLA International Bibliography.
For further information, try the following library guides : Author Biographies,
Literature, and
Literary Criticism.
Interviews and other material can be found by using a
search engine.
Major
Press Editions: Poetry
Major Press Editions: Short Fiction
Major
Press Editions: Novels
Major
Press Editions: Children’s Books
Major
Press Editions: Nonfiction
Major
Press Editions: Edited
Art
& Small Press Editions: Poetry
Art & Small Press Editions: Fiction
Television
Scripts
Radio
Scripts
Recordings
In addition to the literary work listed above, Ms. Atwood's reviews and critical articles have appeared in Canadian Literature, Maclean's, Saturday Night, This Magazine, New York Times Book Review, The Globe and Mail, The Nation, Books In Canada, The Washington Post, The Harvard Educational Review, and many others.
Ms. Atwood's work
has been translated into many languages, including French, German, Italian,
Urdu, Estonian, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Catalan, Turkish, Russian, Finnish,
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Japanese,
Icelandic, Spanish, Hebrew, and others. All of her fiction is available
in paperback in Canada, the U.S., and in the U.K.
Her novel The Handmaid's Tale was adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter. The film was directed by Volker Schlorndorf and released in 1990.
Select Awards
2002
Shortlisted for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, The Blind
Assassin
2001 Shortlisted
for the Orange Prize, The Blind Assassin
2001 International
Association of Crime Writers’ Dashiell Hammett Award, The Blind
Assassin
Inducted to
Canada's Walk of Fame, 2001
The Booker Prize
for The Blind Assassin, 2000
Premio Mondello
for Alias Grace, 1997
Salon Magazine
Best Fiction of 1997 for Alias Grace
1996 The Giller
Prize for Alias Grace
Canadian Booksellers
Association Author of the Year, 1996
1994 Commonwealth
Writers' Prize for Canadian and Caribbean Region, The Robber Bride
Government of
France's Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 1994
Sunday Times
Award for Literary Excellence (London, U.K.), 1994
1993 Canadian
Authors' Association Novel of the Year, The Robber Bride
1989 City of
Toronto Book Award, Cat's Eye
Coles Book of
the Year, Cat's Eye, 1989
Canadian Booksellers
Association Author of the Year, Cat's Eye, 1989
1988 National
Magazine Award for Environmental Journalism, First Prize
American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Honourary Member, Literature
1987 Arthur
C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction
Humanist of
the Year Award, 1987
Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada, 1987
1986 Ida Nudel
Humanitarian Award
Los Angeles
Times Fiction Award, 1986
Ms. Magazine,
Woman of the Year, 1986
1981 Guggenheim
Fellowship
1974 The Bess
Hoskins Prize, Poetry (Chicago)
1969 Union Poetry
Prize, Poetry (Chicago)
Links
General
Margaret Atwood's own website, www.owtoad.com
The NationMargaret Atwood's March 2003 column called "Letter to America," published both in The Nation and in The Globe and Mail.
Mother Jones
Interview with Margaret Atwood in Mother Jones
Wired for Books
A 1986 audio interview with Margaret Atwood by Don Swaim of CBS Radio
Light in the Wilderness
An engaging profile of Margaret Atwood. Robert Potts, Saturday April 26,
2003, The Guardian
Reviews of Oryx and Crake
And pigs might fly...
In Margaret Atwood's dystopian vision, Oryx and Crake, the perils
of GM have come home to roost. Joan Smith, Sunday May 11, 2003, The
Observer.
The
Bulletin
It has been a long wait, but as Sally Blakeney enthuses, the latest futuristic work of Margaret Atwood is up there with the best.
Washington
Post
Reviewed by Thomas M. Disch, Sunday, April 27, 2003
SFGate
Reviewed by David Kipen, Chronicle Book Critic
Independent.co.uk
The Canadian visionary has gone back to the future with an irresistible tale of techno-tyranny and human rebellion. Lisa Appignanesi is chilled and thrilled.
Alias Grace
Salon.com
Interview with Margaret Atwood concerning Alias Grace
The Edible Woman
Dave Carley
The Edible Woman, Margaret Atwood's first novel, translated for the stage
The Blind Assassin
NPR
A 2000 audio review of The Blind Assassin on NPR by Alan Cheuse
Preliminary Events
Before Margaret Atwood's
appearance on campus, the Library will sponsor the following events:
September
29th, noon -Faculty Forum Literary discussion of Oryx and Crake.
October
16th, 7pm -Poetry readings and coffee
October
25th, 2pm -Homecoming Event Revisiting The Handmaid's Tale.
October
28th, 7pm -Discussion Literature and Social/Political Commentary.
Additional information about these events will be posted shortly.
For more information, contact Dana Hendrix at (512) 863-1241
