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Michael Ondaatje
Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)
Philip Michael OndaatjeCC FRSL (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.[1]
Ondaatje's literary career began with his poetry in 1967, publishing The Dainty Monsters, and then in 1970 the critically acclaimed The Collected Works of Billy the Kid.[2] His novel The English Patient (1992), adapted into a film in 1996[2] won the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize.[3]
Ondaatje has been "fostering new Canadian writing"[4] with two decades commitment to Coach House Press (ca.
1970–1990), and his editorial credits include the journal Brick, and the Long Poem Anthology (1979), among others.[4]
Early life and education
Ondaatje was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1943, to Major Mervyn Ondaatje and Doris Gratiaen of Tamil and Burgher descent (Dutch and Sinhalese).[4][5] In 1954, he re-join