Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood (born 1939 in Ottawa, Canada) is a Canadian writer and poet. She studied English language and literature at the University of Toronto and Harvard University's Radcliffe College, and later taught literary studies at several universities. Her work includes novels, essays, short stories, poetry, and children's books. She is particularly known for The Handmaid's Tale (1985), which received several awards and was adapted as a television series, and The Blind Assassin. Her writing frequently addresses social, political, and environmental issues, and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Her honors include the Booker Prize (2000 and 2019), the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (2017), the Nelly Sachs Prize, and the PEN Pinter Prize.