Margaret Eleanor Atwood is among the most-honored authors of fiction in recent history. She is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award seven times, winning twice.
While she is best known for her work as a novelist, she is also a poet, having published 15 books of poetry to date. Many of her poems have been inspired by myths and fairy tales, which have been interests of hers from an early age. Atwood has published short stories in Tamarack Review, Alphabet, Harper's, CBC Anthology, Ms., Saturday Night, and many other magazines. She has also published four collections of stories and three collections of unclassifiable short prose works.
Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), November 18, 1939 corresponds to the Two of Clubs, making the Two of Clubs her Birth Card.
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Margaret Atwood Quotes
“Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.” - Margaret Atwood
