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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943), OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Ondaatje, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2012
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 2007
- Governor General's Literary Awards · 2007
- Giller Prize · 2000
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 2000
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- Prix Médicis étranger · 2000
- Nelly Sachs Prize · 1995
- Booker Prize · 1992
- Governor General's Award — English-language fiction · 1992
- Toronto Book Awards · 1988
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1984
- Companion of the Order of Canada
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Booker Prize · 2018 · nominated
