Biography
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Order of Canada, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for literature, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
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Awards & recognition
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 2021
- Booker Prize · 2019
- Companion of Honour · 2019
- VH1 Trailblazer Honors · 2019
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award · 2018
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- Lorne Pierce Medal · 2018
- Aurora Award — Best Graphic Novel · 2017
- Franz Kafka Prize · 2017
- Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association · 2017
- Raymond Chandler Award · 2017
- St. Louis Literary Award · 2017
- Golden Wreath · 2016
- Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award · 2016
- PEN Pinter Prize · 2016
- Tähtivaeltaja Award · 2016
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize · 2012
- Dan David Prize · 2010
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2010
- Giller Prize · 2009
- Nelly Sachs Prize · 2009
- Princess of Asturias Literary Prize · 2008
- honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University · 2005
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2004
- Canada's Walk of Fame · 2001
- Hammett Prize · 2001
- Booker Prize · 2000
- Helmerich Award · 1999
- Mondello Prize · 1997
- Giller Prize · 1996
- Trillium Book Award · 1995
- Trillium Book Award · 1993
- Trillium Book Award · 1991
- Harvard Centennial Medal · 1990
- Order of Ontario · 1990
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1988
- Arthur C. Clarke Award · 1987
- Humanist of the Year · 1987
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize · 1986
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1985
- Companion of the Order of Canada · 1981
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1981
- Molson Prize · 1981
- Toronto Book Awards · 1977
- Governor General's Award — English-language poetry or drama · 1966
- Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
- honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal
- honorary doctorate of Concordia University
- Dragon Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2020 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2020 · nominated
- Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards · 2016 · nominated
- Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence · 2015 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2014 · nominated
- Audie Awards · 2013 · nominated
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 2010 · nominated
- Neustadt International Prize — Literature · 2010 · nominated
- International Booker Prize · 2007 · nominated
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire — Best Foreign Novel · 2006 · nominated
- Mythopoeic Awards · 2006 · nominated
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award — Adult Literature · 2006 · nominated
- International Booker Prize · 2005 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2003 · nominated
- Giller Prize · 2003 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 2003 · nominated
- Dublin Literary Award · 2002 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 2000 · nominated
- Hammett Prize · 2000 · nominated
- Dublin Literary Award · 1998 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 1996 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1996 · nominated
- Otherwise Award · 1996 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1994 · nominated
- Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal — Humour · 1993 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1991 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 1989 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1988 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Science Fiction Novel · 1987 · nominated
- Nebula Award — Best Novel · 1987 · nominated
- Prometheus Award · 1987 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 1986 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1985 · nominated
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1979 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
The Testaments
The Handmaid's Tale
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
The Handmaid's Tale
Payback
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The View
Wandering Wenda
In the Wake of the Flood