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A star is born
Ontario, Ottawa, Canada. -
Places of residence
Canada, England, Scotland, and France. https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Places_Margaret_Atwood_Has_Resided/vLF8LDTAEz -
The writing begins
“I became a writer partly, I think, because I was a very early reader, and I was a very early reader because I grew up in the Northwoods, and there was-- there were no other forums up there,” says Atwood. “So no radio, no television, no theatre, no cinema, no electricity, and no running water. But there were books.” -
Aspirations
Writing professionally. -
Learning from the masters
Victoria College, Ubiversity of Toronto. -
First Novel published
The Edible Woman -
First Collection of short fiction
Dancing Girls -
Period: to
Children´s books 1978-2001
• Up in the Tree (1978)
• Anna's Pet (1980) (with Joyce C. Barkhouse)
• For the Birds (1990) (with Shelly Tanaka)
• Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut (1995)
• Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes (2003)
• Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda (2006)
• Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop’s Wunderground Washery (2011) -
The Handmaid's Tale
- Ideology and sexual politics.
- A science fiction novel.
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Award Winner The Handmaid's Tale
The Governor General's Award, 1985
The first Arthur C. Clarke Award, 1987; -
LongPen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYHUiNgDgL0
It allows a person to remotely write in ink anywhere in the world via tablet PC and a robotic hand. -
Writing Process
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The Testament
Booker Prize, 2019
'Best Fiction' novel, Goodreads Choice Awards 2019. -
Writing Style
- Deconstruction of myths and the classics.
- Male/female power relations.