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The Canadian English-speaking writer Margaret Atwood is known to Russian readers for her books The Edible Woman, The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and the Crake, The Blind Killer, etc. She is also a literary critic and poet.

Margaret was born in the fall of 1939 in the Canadian capital, Ottawa. The girl's father worked in the research field, studied forest entomology, in this regard, the family often moved and stayed for some time in northern Quebec, between Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto. Since childhood, Margaret devoted a lot of time to reading books, she was especially attracted by stories about animals, bright comics and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.

Her childhood was spent traveling, so Atwood entered school only at the age of 8 in Toronto, from which she graduated in 1957. She remained to study the profession, at the university the girl received a bachelor's degree in French and English, as well as philosophy. Her knowledge of foreign languages ​​helped her a lot in writing later.

At the age of 6, Margaret first shared her own poems with her parents. And at 16 she finally realized that she wanted to write professionally and sell her works. For the first time, the poems written by her were published during her studies in the literary magazine "Acta Victoriana". Readers appreciated the efforts of the girl, which became the starting point for the development of her future career.

The first full-length book in the biography of Margaret Atwood appears in 1961. The debut collection of poems "Double Persephone" brought the girl the Pratt Medal. This success helped her to easily enroll in graduate school at Radcliffe College, where she received her master's degree, and for the next few years she worked on a dissertation, which she called "The English Metaphysical Novel."

Then, in different years of her career, she was engaged in teaching. She taught students at the Universities of York and Alabama, worked in one of the universities in British Columbia.

Atwood's second book brought the writer even greater success. A collection of poems entitled "The Circle Game", which was published in 1966, was very popular with readers and even received the Governor General's Award. The woman presented her first novel to the public in 1969. It was a metaphorical and witty story called "The Edible Woman", which tells about the girl Mary.

Then she publishes several more books, including "Madame Oracle", "Man and Woman in the Age of Dinosaurs", "Comprehension", etc. However, Margaret writes not only novels; her track record includes scientific research, as well as her own collections of stories.

During the 1970s, Atwood worked for magazines as an editor and political cartoonist, and she made major contributions to the development of Canadian literature. And in 1972 she even conducted and published a study called "Survival" on the literature of Canada. As a member of Amnesty International and serving as Vice Chair of the Writers' Association of Canada since 1980, the woman is actively involved in the fight against totalitarianism and censorship.

In 1971, the writer published the collection Politics from a Position of Power, in which she reflected her militant feminism. And she continued to develop this theme in the book "You are happy", published in 1974. There she simply remade Homer's Odyssey and broadcasts on behalf of Circe, presenting mythological images from the feminist side.

The novel "Madame Oracle" was published in 1976. It tells about a girl who faked her death, and then fled from her native place to the other side of the ocean, where she remembered her whole past life. In 1983, the writer publishes Bluebeard's Castle, where she clearly reveals the misogyny of fairy-tale images. In the book Murder in the Dark, published in 1984, Margaret covers the topic of gender-based violence.

Famous in many countries of the world, the novel by the writer "The Handmaid's Tale", with which readers got acquainted in 1985, had great success among Atwood fans and literary critics. In addition, he was honored with the first Arthur C. Clarke and Governor General Prize. In 1990, a film adaptation of the book took place, after another 10 years an opera was staged on it, and in 2016 a series was shot. Margaret could not even dream of greater recognition.

Other books of the writer have also received awards and prizes. Atwood has won the Governor-General, Giller, and Hammett awards more than once, and her works have been nominated for the Orange Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize and James Tiprey Jr.

In 1996, the novel by the writer "She's Grace" was published, the work was appreciated and the author was awarded the Giller Prize for it, and in 2017 a series based on it was shot. In 2000, Atwood's book entitled "The Blind Killer" was published, which was nominated for 3 awards at once.

And in the period from 2003 to 2013, the writer publishes The Mad Addam Trilogy, which includes 3 novels. In 2006, the writer presented a collection of short stories "Moral Disorder", and during 2012 and 2013 she released the novel "The Heart Goes Last" in parts.

In 2015, Atwood became a member of a project by artist Katie Paterson. The woman was the first author to donate her manuscript, The Chronicler of the Moon, to the Library of the Future. According to her idea, all the books collected in it will be kept unread until 2114.

At 29, Margaret struck up a relationship with Jim Polk, and in 1968 he became the husband of the writer. However, their marriage of young people lasted 5 years, and in 1973 they divorced.

After some time, Atwood tries to build a personal life with the novelist Graham Gibson. Together they moved to live on a farm near Alliston, Ontario. By that time, the couple was raising two children - Gibson's sons from a previous marriage.

Some time later, in 1976, the woman gave birth to a common daughter to her husband, who was named Eleanor. In 1980, the whole family returned to Toronto.

At the moment, the details of the writer's personal life are not covered, according to some reports, she broke up with Graham Gibson. Whether she is in a relationship now remains a mystery.

In November 2018, it became known that the writer would publish a sequel to the acclaimed novel The Handmaid's Tale. The woman has already started writing it, so she confidently assures that the book will appear on the shelves of bookstores in the fall of 2019.

Despite the old age of the writer, she feels great and does not complain about her health. In the photo, the woman is always smiling and looks quite happy.

1961 - "Double Persephone" 1966 - "The Circle Game" 1969 - "The Edible Woman" 1972 - "Comprehension" 1976 - "Madame Oracle" 1981 - "Injury" 1983 - "Bluebeard's Castle" 1985 - "The Handmaid's Tale" 1996 - "She's Grace" 2000 - "The Blind Killer" 2007 - "The Door" 2015 - "The Heart Goes Last" 2016 - "Angel Catbird" 2016 - "Witch Spawn"

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