Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor who was born on November 18, 1939. She has published 18 collections of poetry, 18 novels, 11 works of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels since 1961, as well as a number of small press editions of poetry and fiction. Two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards are among Atwood's many accolades. Her novels have been adapted for film and television in a multitude of ways.

Gender and identity, religion and myth, the power of language, climate change, and "power politics" are all themes in Atwood's writing. Many of her poems are inspired by mythology and fairy stories, which she has been fascinated with since she was a child.

The Griffin Poetry Prize and the Writers' Trust of Canada were founded by Atwood. Margaret Eleanor Atwood is also a Senior Fellow at Toronto's Massey College. She is the creator of the LongPen gadget and related technologies that allow for remote robotic document writing.

Nationality: Canada